{"id":"01KFXVBEWBJNGG34HM01GYJ03E","cid":"bafkreihfm4mt6xu3g4hwrjcgk44osin7wvfbt7ifsztx7fi3oki6whpkli","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":508,"extracted_at":"2026-01-26T19:09:09.717Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 2","source_file":"01KFXVA454RTKCJEQJMP0QKNKY","start_line":492,"text":"   347\tThis is just what Egypt was. The Egyptian civilization was far beyond that of any other people. The great Israelitish deliverer, Moses, was “learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians.” He was a direct descendant of Jacob, and at the same time he knew all that Egypt could give him. He was therefore able to lead, to teach, and to establish, as God’s best instrument, the legislation for the Jewish people, and through them for the whole later world.\n   348\t\n   349\tBut it is the peculiarity of the good disciple that he can often improve upon the lessons of an earlier day. While the Israelites learned much in Egypt, they improved upon some of their lessons. For example, they learned in Egypt the art of writing, but only its very elements. The square letters of the Hebrew alphabet they acquired there, but these were little\n\n<!-- [Page 74](arke:01KFXV09P84R0F7B0NPRFQMJ1F) -->\n   350\t60\n   351\t\n   352\tmore than hieroglyphic signs. But the Israelites developed them afterwards into an alphabet, and founded for all time the principle of regular writing, or the making a sign to represent a sound. But in the joint matter of religion and philosophy the people of Israel received their instruction only from the divine Teacher. When they had been long enough in the country to grow into a vast people, and had learned all that they needed for the fulfilment of their great mission as the world's teacher, the proposition for their deliverance was made by the oppressive ruler of Egypt himself. The Israelites were cruelly treated. They made ready for their departure, escaped from the despotic Pharaoh of the time, and started on their pilgrimage for the Land of Promise. In Egypt they reached the great result—one which we all need to reach—of never surrendering the good principles which we learn at home in early days, and at the same time of learning all the useful lessons we can from those with whom we associate.\n\n<!-- [Page 75](arke:01KFXV09RK0QCCDMC0D3S0A87P) -->\n   353\t# Making Bricks in Egypt\n   354\t\n   355\t![img-0.jpeg](arke:01KFXV7GFY403HQJQJ7WTD8MV6)\n\n<!-- [Page 76](arke:01KFXV098K0T2QR950NX0G0S3V) -->\n   356\t.\n","title":"Chunk 2"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KFXVAZJBSCY0QBF166AE8K0J","peer_label":"JACOB BEFORE PHARAOM","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS","peer_label":"More Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":1,"created_at":"2026-01-26T19:09:10.016Z","ts":"2026-01-26T19:09:10.016Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}