Pharaoh (Book of Abraham)

{{Short description|First king of Egypt according to Latter-day Saints}}

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In the Latter Day Saint scripture the Book of Abraham, Pharaoh is the proper name of the first king of Egypt.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130510012548/http://www.lds.org/manual/the-pearl-of-great-price-teacher-manual/the-book-of-abraham/abraham-120-31-pharaoh-king-of-egypt?lang=eng Abraham 1:20–31: Pharaoh, King of Egypt], The Pearl of Great Price: Teacher Manual, (2000), 39–40 According to the story, all Egyptians descended from him.{{Mormonverse|Abraham|1:22}} He was the eldest son of Egyptus, who was the daughter of Ham and Egyptus. Pharaoh was a descendant of the Canaanites, a race of people who according to Latter Day Saint theology had been cursed with black skin.{{Mormonverse|Moses|7:8}} Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) have taught that he inherited the curse of Cain through his grandmother, Egyptus, so that the devil might have representation upon the earth.{{cite book |last1=Harris |first1=Matthew L. |last2=Bringhurst |first2=Newell G. |title=The Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn20CgAAQBAJ&pg=PAiii |date=2015 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |location=Chicago |isbn=978-0-252-08121-7 |page=158}}