History Characters / BookOfExodus

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The "God hardened [Pharaoh's] heart" passage is sometimes used to argue a theological position that states that God predetermines who will accept or reject him.

!!Israelites

!!The Pharaohs of Egypt

!!Others

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!!Moses

* BadassIsraeli: Killed a guy just by speaking [[IKnowYourTrueName God's]] [[WordsCanBreakMyBones name]]. He also iced an Egyptian who was beating up Hebrew workers.

!!Aaron

!!Miriam

!!Joshua

[[folder:The Pharaohs of Egypt]]

!!The Pharaoh of Moses' adoption

!!The Pharaoh of The Exodus

[[folder:Others]]
!!Balaam

!!Balaam's Donkey

* {{Hypocrite}}
* {{Greed}}

* LaserGuidedKarma: Send men to drown the infants of the people you enslaved? Your own people's children will die, including your own son, who will drown (if the Pharaoh of the Exodus is his son, of course it is extremely unlikely).
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Although Pharaoh decrees that the ''male'' Hebrew babies be killed while the females are to be spared. Males, of course, represented potential future fighters, inheritors, and [[PragmaticVillainy fathers of more children]] [[LineageComesFromTheFather that would be culturally Hebrew.]] As for why female babies were still spared, well, [[FridgeHorror it's not stated, but in an ancient patriarchal culture, the blanks are fairly easy to fill in.]]

->''Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."''

* WhatTheHellHero: Balaam got this from a donkey of all things. Though Balaam was not really a hero.

* TalkingAnimal: It was due to a miracle, but it is not clear whether this literally happened or was a vision of some sort.

(See also, Characters.BookOfJoshua)

[[Characters/BookOfGenesis Genesis]] | '''Exodus through Deuteronomy''' | [[Literature/BookOfJoshua Joshua]] | [[Characters/BookOfJudges Judges]] | [[Characters/BooksOfSamuel Samuel]] | [[Characters/BooksOfKings Kings]] | [[Characters/BookOfEsther Esther]] | [[Characters/BookOfJob Job]] | [[Characters/TheFourGospels Matthew through John]] | [[Characters/ActsOfTheApostles Acts]]]]-]]]

[[Characters/BookOfGenesis Genesis]] | '''Exodus through Deuteronomy''' | [[Characters/BookOfJudges Judges]] | [[Characters/BooksOfSamuel Samuel]] | [[Characters/BooksOfKings Kings]] | [[Characters/BookOfEsther Esther]] | [[Characters/BookOfJob Job]] | [[Characters/TheFourGospels Matthew through John]] | [[Characters/ActsOfTheApostles Acts]]]]-]]]

!!Joshua
->''And Israel served the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime.''

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The translation directed by King James the 1st of England confuses him with Jesus at a few points. Helps that their [[NamesTheSame names were the same]], albeit under different naming conventions.
* ChangingOfTheGuard: Becomes the central character after Moses' death through the book of Joshua.
* CueTheSun: ''And that day was unlike any other before or since, when God listened to a man'' - Joshua 10:14
* {{Curse}}: He foretold that whoever rebuilds Jericho will lose both of his sons in the process, and this came true during the time of Ahab.
* HeroicBSOD: When the attack on the city of Ai failed, followed by God telling him [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan "Get up! Why are you down on your face?"]].
* KillEmAll: What happens to most of the cities he conquers.
* TheReliableOne: Before entering the desert, Aaron was pretty clearly Moses' NumberTwo. While there however, Aaron proved himself to be [[ExtremeDoormat too much of a people pleaser]], and Moses began to put Joshua in more leadership roles. In the end, Joshua was one of the only two of the old generation allowed passage into the Promise Land, and he became Moses' successor as Leader.

!!Rahab
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Some translations list her as an innkeeper, though the mainstream view is that she was a prostitute or a brothel madam.
* LesCollaborateurs: A rare heroic example.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She saves the Israeli spies from being killed.
* KarmicJackpot: She protected two Israelite spies, and in return, she and her family are not only spared from the subsequent sack of Jericho, but becomes an ancestress of King David--and of Jesus!
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Averted; not only does she eventually get married and have a family of her own, she becomes part of the lineage of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Himself!
* MissKitty: Making the trope ''at least'' OlderThanFeudalism.
* TokenMinority / TokenGoodTeammate: One of the few heroic Canaanite converted to Israeli belief and in return, she is spared from getting killed.

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!!The Pharaohs of Egypt

[[folder:The Pharaoh of Moses' adoption]]

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[[folder:The Pharaoh of The Exodus]]

'''[[Characters/BookOfGenesis Genesis]] | '''Exodus through Deuteronomy''' | [[Characters/BookOfJudges Judges]] | [[Characters/BooksOfSamuel Samuel]] | [[Characters/BooksOfKings Kings]] | [[Characters/BookOfEsther Esther]] | [[Characters/BookOfJob Job]] | [[Characters/TheFourGospels Matthew through John]] | [[Characters/ActsOfTheApostles Acts]]]]-]]]

* NoNameGiven: Their real names are never given, as Pharaoh is just a title. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaohs_in_the_Bible There is some speculation as to his/their identity]], with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thutmose_II Thutmose II]] being the best candidate for the Pharaoh of The Exodus. Popular adaptations often have UsefulNotes/RamsesII or his thirteenth son and successor Merneptah in the role, most likely from pure name recognition. H. Rider Haggard had him be the usurper Amenmesse, Sigmund Freud had suggested Akhenaten and Peter Danielson had put Kamose in the rule.

* NoNameGiven: Their real names are never given, as Pharaoh is just a title. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaohs_in_the_Bible There is some speculation as to his/their identity]], with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thutmose_II Thutmose II]] being the best candidate for the Pharaoh of The Exodus. Popular adaptations often have UsefulNotes/RamsesII or his thirteenth son and successor Merneptah in the role, most likely from pure name recognition. At least one has had it been the usurper Amenmesse.

* CueTheSun: God prolongs the day in one battle for as long as Moses holds up his arms. He gets people to help him hold them up.

* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: When the attack on the city of Ai failed, followed by God telling him [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan "Get up! Why are you down on your face?"]].

* TokenMinority: One of the few heroic Canaanite converted to Israeli belief and in return, she is spared from getting killed.

* ChangingOfTheGuard

* DragonAscendant

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The translation directed by King James the 1st of England confuses him with Jesus at a few points. Helps that their Name's The Same, albeit under different naming conventions.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: No pun intended. Once he recovers from the grief of losing his son to the tenth plague, he immediately laments letting the Israelites and no longer having free labor and attempts to recapture them with his army.

* I Lied: He constantly pretends to agree to let the Israelites go if the plague that is currently striking Egypt is removed, but goes back on his word the moment the plague is gone.

* My God, What have I done?: No pun intended. Once he recovers from the grief of losing his son to the tenth plague, he immediately laments letting the Israelites and no longer having free labor and attempts to recapture them with his army.