abstract:The Plagues of Egypt (), also called the Ten Plagues () or the Biblical Plagues, were ten calamities that, according to the biblical Book of Exodus, Israel's God, Yahweh, inflicted upon Egypt to persuade Pharaoh to release the ill-treated Israelites from slavery. Pharaoh capitulated after the tenth plague, triggering the Exodus of the Jewish people.
Two US scientists have come up with an explanation of the 10 plaguesofEgypt as a series of linked natural disasters - each following as a result of the other.
If you were lucky, like we were, you also got: some quality family time, the Four Questions read to you in Yiddish and dark chocolate-covered frogs and locusts for dessert, representing two of the 10 plagues that befell Egypt.