let's face it, without egypt, the tribes of israel would rapidly turn into zimbabwe. before the jews brought jews to egypt, judahites, levites, dannites, reubenites, etc, were all literally living in tents. no farming, no industry, just tribal hunter gatherers. and if jews left, that's what they would rapidly devolve back into. look at canaan to see how jews live with no egyptians around.
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