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CONNOR
“It’s old, just not old enough to have been from the Exodus.” I broke the news to Lynne. “The carbon dating shows it’s approximately two thousand years old.”
Lynne’s expression changed from disappointment to renewed hope. “Two thousand years old? Are you sure?” she asked.
I nodded. “No doubt.”
“It could be from the time of Christ, then,” she said slowly, her hope restored. She looked at me. “It’s possible.”
“What?” I asked, not understanding.
“When Joseph and Mary left Israel with the infant Jesus, Joseph had received a vision from God, telling him to take mother and child to Egypt, to safety. They crossed the Sinai to get into Egypt,” she explained. “It was a long, difficult journey. The exact route they took has never been known. They could have come this way.”
“You don
