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Masterpiece Monday: And there was a cry in Egypt
Great Biblical artworks every Monday.
Alfred Larsen
September 04, 2023
This Masterpiece Monday we have And there was a cry in Egypt by the British painter Arthur Hacker (1858-1919).
It depicts the terrifying night when the Angel of Death swept through Egypt, killing the firstborn, and finally defeating the proud Pharaoh and the Egyptian Empire.
It was midnight when Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt… From the firstborn of PharaOh that was sitting on the throne, to the firstborn of the female slave that was sitting in a dungeon, and to the firstborn of all the cattle. So, PharaOh woke up that night (as did his servants and all the Egyptians) and there was a lot of screaming throughout the entire land of Egypt; for someone had died in every home.
You can read the Biblical account in our translation at https://2001translation.org/read/exodus#_12
You can see Arthur’s other works at his Wikimedia page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arthur_Hacker
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