Chapter 2 The Chastity of the Hebrews
As the creator god of this world, Ra can grant any deity power so great that no god can stop him, even in his most aged state, if he so desires.
In his last later years, he had placed the "Eye of God," a symbol of the sun's majesty and burning power, inside Hathor's body.
The goddess representing love and beauty instantly transformed into a female war goddess, nearly destroying all living beings in the world.
The goddess of magic, Isis, used her cunning to obtain the true name of the god Ra, and also gained supreme power. Ultimately, she defeated the storm god Set and became the "Queen of the Gods" for a time, and helped her husband Osiris become the god of the underworld.
However, after Ra confined Ara to the Egyptian world as a god, he made no further arrangements for him.
God of miracles, God of resurrection—it sounds impressive, but to truly resurrect humanity, Arahu is not the only one capable of doing so.
Among the many kingdoms of the underworld, there is a kingdom of resurrection, which can also demonstrate the miracle of the dead coming back to life.
The only useful thing about Arakh is his divine power, which allows him to resurrect gods who have died completely.
Hades, the god of the underworld, probably won him over because he wanted a true "rebirth," to get rid of his mummy-like body and return to his former state.
Other gods, as long as they still fear death, will also show favor to Araha.
However, this gesture of goodwill may turn into coercion once Ra's power dissipates again.
Aroh had to prepare for this in advance.
His gaze then turned to the land of Goshen in this world, where a strange light, flickering and elusive, lingered in the hearts of the people within, and was also truly perceived by Aroha.
"Have you come to Egypt? God, or Jehovah?"
After this thought flashed through Araha's mind, his divine power began to wane, so he immediately withdrew and stopped observing the world.
Before the journey, I knew almost nothing about Egyptian mythology and its gods.
However, Araha had heard of the famous "Exodus".
The specific details are unknown, but one thing is certain: the Hebrews in Goshen eventually left Egypt under the guidance and protection of their God.
Moreover, Egypt paid a heavy price for enslaving and mistreating the Hebrews and preventing them from leaving Egypt.
From this, we can infer that the Hebrew gods, in the time of Exodus, must have been able to defeat the Egyptian gods.
Not to mention that many years later, this "Jehovah" god almost swept across the entire Western mythological world.
The history of his past life and the myths may not correspond completely, but Araha still decided to make some contact with the Hebrew gods.
If the Hebrew God is truly as tyrannical as depicted in online novels, where one is either forced to submit to become an angel or be defeated as a devil, he can simply hide away or go elsewhere to "develop" anew.
"The Eye of Insight into All Worlds can only allow me to perceive everything, but it cannot bring me true power."
"But who can truly sit beneath my throne?"
The ability to combine two different divine realms with his eyes is a talent that Aroha developed several years after his "birth".
Aroh could seemingly see everything in the entire world if he wanted to.
His divine power is still weak; in the terms of this world, he is still in the juvenile stage of divine power growth and has not yet reached perfection.
His ability to peer into the eyes of all worlds can only last for a short time, and is not enough to make him truly "omniscient" about this world.
Arakha didn't seem to care much about this.
Instead, in his mind, there was a divine throne hanging high in the chaos and ignorance. That was his divine throne, and also the second kind of "talent" he had developed over the years.
If he encounters danger, he can sit inside, a state of neither life nor death, neither existence nor annihilation, from which no one can find him.
Moreover, once inside, when Araha emerges again, he can choose to be in another world.
This is why he had the confidence to contact the Hebrew God.
Beneath the throne belonging to Aroh, amidst the vast mist, there are numerous seats, situated within the realms of chaos and ignorance, some high, some low, some above, some below, guarding the supreme throne in which he can sit.
Araha vaguely felt that if other gods were to sit among them, he might become even stronger.
But he has not yet figured out which gods can be seated, or how they can be seated.
The reason Aroha was interested in the goddess of magic, Isis, was that she was the only goddess he had ever noticed who could cause turmoil in both of his divine realms.
"To make her a god, or to possess her?"
Aroh stroked his chin, lost in thought. Neither of them seemed easy to accomplish.
With his current strength, he cannot force his way in; he needs to find an opportunity to outsmart the enemy.
Unbeknownst to Ara, after he withdrew his "eyes that peer into all worlds," the aged Ra in the Temple of the Sun God gleamed with a sharp light in his eyes as he looked upon the entire world, seemingly sensing something.
Within the land of Goshen, there was also a faint gaze that surveyed the heavens and earth. After colliding with the gaze of the god Ra, it withdrew.
Aroha drank some of the world's wine and found it unpleasant to drink, so he fell asleep. His priests, along with hundreds of soldiers, brought dozens of young girls to Aroha's temple.
"Great God of miracles, this group of Hebrew women who are to be married has been brought here."
Hearing the prayers in the temple, Arakha did not leave his spacious bedroom, but instead sent a telepathic message: "Let them all in."
The layout of the temple of Aroha was not significantly different from that of other Egyptian deities living among humans.
The temple in front was used by people to worship gods.
The palace behind it was used by the gods for rest.
The mythological world, although the names of many places are somewhat similar to those of Egypt on Earth.
However, this world is vast beyond measure, far surpassing even the entire Earth, let alone the small corner of Egypt.
With the presence of extraordinary power, the temples and palaces, built through the efforts of the priests, may not have met Araha's aesthetic standards, but they were certainly magnificent and imposing.
Hatshepsut was the first female pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt, and the only one who, after the Arameans appeared in this world, helped the dead to rise from the dead in order to demonstrate her divine power to the gods.
After her resurrection, the gods did not agree to her returning to the dynasty to continue being the pharaoh, and Hatshepsut herself also desired to obtain immortality like a god.
Therefore, she chose to become the priestess of Aroha, and is currently the only priestess.
"You are so lucky to have the great god Alohsa personally grant you your first time before your marriage."
Hatshepsut was a beautiful woman, but she liked to wear a false beard, dress in men's clothing, and wear a corset and loose-fitting clothes.
Holding the scepter, she appeared incredibly majestic, causing the dozens of Hebrew girls to avoid looking directly at her.
The priestess said nothing, ordered the soldiers to stand guard outside the temple, and led a large group of Hebrew girls toward the palace where Aroha rested, driving them like livestock.
The Hebrews, meaning "people who came from overseas," were treated as slaves by the Egyptian nobility for the first few years after they arrived in Egypt from outside the world.
In terms of value, they may not even be comparable to useful livestock.
Their low status was not ordained by earthly pharaohs, but by divine decree.
Ra himself gave the order to the gods in the Temple of the Sun, and then the gods promulgated this divine decree throughout the human kingdoms.
"The Hebrews have been bathed in the sun for many years, yet they never remember the blessings of the gods, nor do they worship them or hold sacrifices. They should be punished."
In the earliest times, punishment meant that the Hebrews lost their status and could not become prime minister in the kingdom like their ancestor Joseph when they first arrived.
Even after being punished, the Hebrews showed no gratitude to the Egyptian gods.
As a result, the punishments became increasingly severe.
They were first confined to the land of Goshen to work, and later became slaves of the pharaoh and the nobles, but they remained unchanged and refused to worship the gods.
At this point, there was no need for Ra and the other gods to issue commands. After Hatshepsut's death, her deceased husband's illegitimate son became the new pharaoh.
In order to please the gods and ensure better treatment in the underworld, the new pharaoh directly decreed that the right of a Hebrew woman to have her first night with a Hebrew woman would not belong to the Hebrews.
Even though all the girls in the tribe had their "first night" taken away, the Hebrews still refused to bow down.
This order, once it reached the major temples, was immediately agreed upon by all the gods.
They all believed that the Hebrews had to submit to the glory of the gods, otherwise the "foreign gods" from all over the world would probably look down on them.
At that very moment, Araha descended upon the Egyptian world and became a young deity.
After erecting the temple, he informed the Pharaoh and the nobles of various regions that he would have the right to take the "first night" of Hebrew girls.
Even if it is only a new god's oracle, mortals dare not refuse it.
Other deities all considered Arakha to be a naturally lustful god, much like how a world god who traveled to Egypt described their god-king.
In the world of Egyptian mythology, there are not many gods with this kind of personality, and even fewer who are so lustful, but it is not unacceptable.
So every two weeks, Hebrew girls who were to be married would be escorted by soldiers to the temple of Aroha.
"Let's all line up and go in."
The priestess Hatshepsut stood guard at the palace gates, allowing Hebrew girls to line up and enter.
"Few of these Hebrew women are beautiful; the God of Arahu will probably be somewhat disappointed."
Hatshepsut did not see anything wrong with his god's fondness for beautiful women.
On the contrary, she felt that those ugly women who offered their "first night" to Arah were being disrespectful to Arah.
The Hebrew women entered the palace with trepidation.
The interior was brightly lit, making the already magnificent temple even more splendid.
Before they were brought here by the soldiers, their mother and sister, who were experienced in such matters, seemed somewhat delighted to hear that their destination was the temple of Araha, the "God of Miracles," but said nothing.
All they saw was a handsome young man with black hair, leaning against the throne at the head of the table, his hand supporting his chin, his gaze sweeping over their faces one by one.
"Didn't your gods tell you not to look directly at them?"
These Hebrew girls, somewhat dazed and confused, stared at the face of the young and handsome deity.
Upon hearing this, he was immediately startled and lowered his head, no longer daring to look directly at the person, for fear of displeasing this heretical deity who claimed to be a miracle.
Looking down, they realized that they were standing on a huge, white wool carpet.
The carpet is decorated with clusters of dark red flowers that appear to be blooming on it.
Many women were immediately struck by the discovery and understood the origin of these dark red flowers.
There was another crystal-clear jade stone, which resembled a small magic staff, yet was exquisitely crafted, hanging in front of them.
"I will bear the sulliance of the world and give you this special staff to complete the sins you will suffer, so that you will not be humiliated by the pharaohs, nobles and soldiers of Egypt."
"You need to keep this a secret, just as you have kept your faith unchanged for hundreds of years."
These words made many young girls look up at Arakha again.
But this time, they could no longer see Aroha's face; they only felt the dazzling light, and tears welled up in their eyes.
Without saying a word, these women, who had arrived in haste, already understood that this was their good fortune.
"Thank you for your protection, the most benevolent being on the land of Egypt."
In the empty temple, the gods sat high above, and amidst the bright lights, dozens of Hebrew girls seemed to be performing a ritual, which was inexplicably strange.
"Heh, the most merciful being?"
Aroh muttered to himself, finding it all laughable. If the Egyptian gods, who considered him "lustful and debauched," were to hear this, they would probably find it even more ridiculous.
He did not like the Hebrews, and Araha himself was unsure how much of his actions stemmed from pity and how much from an attempt to connect with their gods.
But in any case, for these Hebrew girls, what they did was better than the fate they were supposed to have.
After the Hebrew girls left one by one, only one remained in the hall.
Aroha suddenly awoke to the fact that this was not the last remaining girl, but an extra one.
The girl held the staff that Aramean had given to the Hebrew girl, deliberately avoiding the dark red petals on the white woolen carpet, and sighed, "The Lord says, 'Give me righteousness, and also grace.'"
"This is not destruction, but protection; it is also a gift."
"Hebrew women lost their chastity, but they will gain the world in the future; Egyptian women preserved their chastity, but they will lose the whole world in the future."