Pharaohs in the Bible

[3] The final chapters of the Book of Genesis (Genesis 37–50) tell how Joseph, son of Jacob, is sold by his brothers into Egyptian slavery, promoted by another unnamed pharaoh to vizier of Egypt, and later given permission to bring his father, his brothers, and their families into Egypt to live in the Land of Goshen (eastern Nile Delta around modern Faqus).

Author Ahmed Osman proposed that this pharaoh was Thutmose IV and identified Joseph as the Egyptian figure Yuya.

He forces them to work long hours, which includes building Pithom and Ramses, making mortar, and baking bricks.

He also issues a decree to kill their newborn males in order to reduce their numbers due to concerns about their growing population (Shiphrah and Puah briefly try to prevent this, to no avail).

Moses, a Levite, is saved by his mother who instructs his sister Miriam to watch over him after he is placed in a reed basket in the Nile River.