Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.” So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained. But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.
Comment: Usually history is written by the victors not the losers. Thus I don’t expect a lot about this in Egyptian history. In addition I don’t expect total truth as ‘saving one’s face’ is well known. Many historians exclude the story as fantasy, but The Egyptian historian Manetho, the Roman writer Tacitus and the Jewish writer Josephus describe at about this time 3,400 years ago events similar to the expulsion of the Jews as told in the Bible. Manetho was a contemporary, (time wise) of Moses. He wrote a three volume history sadly of which only fragments remain. The Israelis were described as lepers, but the name Moses is mentioned! It is told as you would expect a loser to record it! At any rate the story as told in Exodus (which I personally believe to be true) has the Israelis crossing in safety, Pharaoh and his army were destroyed, drowned in the waters when God removed His restraining Power and the waters flowed over them. God did what He had promised.
Prayer: Help me see You in human terms because of Your Christ, but side by side with this help me to see You as the powerful Creator God!
As I read it! 
Thank you Barry for your comments on this Passage. I had not heard about the reports of this event written by the Egyptian historians, so I found it most interesting to know that these people had recorded this. As you said, it is disappointing that only fragments of it remain, but enough to give it credability. God bless you.
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