Evidence for the Biblical Record

In the story of the Exodus, didn't the Egyptians have military outposts throughtout the desert? The story states the Israelits left, the Egyptians gave chase but could never catch up. Wouldn't the Israelites have run into Egyptian military forces constantly anyway?

Wasn't Canaan under Egyptian control at the time of the supposed Exodus? If so, then the roads and trade routes were also. Which means the Egyptian military had to be involved. I also read that the supposed 40 year wandering "area" had quite the few military outposts.Do I have my timing incorrect?

What time frame do most Christians give for the Exodus?What about Ex. 1:11 -it mentions the children of Israel being used as slave labor to build the city of Raamses.

Thanks guys for the info.

Creation account? Global flood? Exodus? Timelines of certain people not lining up with the Biblical account (Philistines as one example), Herod slaughtering the innocents? Roman census? Dead walking out of their graves? Romans releasing a murderer to appease a crowd? Do false prophecies count (ignoring the typical mental gymnastics apologists need in order to make the problems disappear regarding prophecy, ie fall of Tyre)?These are just a few I can think of. Edited by hERICtic, : No reason given.