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But all that this means is that the Egyptians allowed foreigners access to pasture land. This isn’t evidence of anything else in the biblical account being accurate. This is not evidence for an Exodus from Egypt of 2 to 3 million people, this is only evidence that SOMEONE, not necessarily Moses, knew that this was a practice of the Egyptians. To make this known fact worthwhile in relation to the Exodus you need a lot more to support it. For example, you need evidence that there were Hebrews in Egypt during the 16th century BCE (your date), this would at least be a start.
Isn’t this arguably also evidence against the Exodus claim? If Exodus happened, then would not the logical result be xenophobia and a cultural dictate to be closed to outsiders? If instead Eqypt historically kept open borders then this would seem to suggest little fear of outsiders. So I guess my question would be, “Is there any historical evidence of Egypt becoming xenophobic right after any of the plausible times when the Exodus is said to have occurred?”
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