G'Tach

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G'Tach is the Hebrew word that collectively refers to the ten plagues visited upon Egypt by God to persuade Yul Brynner to release Charlton Heston and his people from bondage.

[edit] The ten plagues

1. Dam - all sources of fresh water are turned to blood.
2. Tsfardeia - the land was overrun by frogs.
3. Kinim - Egypt was infested with swarms of fleas.
4. Arov - Egyptians and livestock were attacked by stinging and biting flies.
5. Dever - a pestilence throughout the livestock of the Egyptians.
6. Shkhin - the Egyptians are afflicted with painful boils.
7. Barad - fiery hail pelted the land.
8. Arbeh - the plague of locusts.
9. Choshech - the land was blanketed by unending darkness.
10. Makat Bechorot - the death of all the firstborn males.

[edit] Historical evidence

There is very sparse evidence that the Hebrews were ever slaves in Egypt, and no records at all of the above series of catastrophes. Although different scholars have presented various theories about the historicity of the Exodus, such as identifying the Hebrews with the Hyksos people, the archaeological evidence rather suggests that the story is a narrative which recalls the move from nomadism to sedentism by the early Hebrews. It has been suggested, however, that the Egyptians would have been reluctant to record a slave revolt which was pretty much entirely successful, as this would have been a rather humiliating experience.^{[citation needed]}