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I would expect more from a logical person such as yourself. Where is the evidence of your entire story? There is none. What part of Documentary "Hypothesis" do you not understand. The Jewish people claim a tradition that dates back 4000 years or more. What evidence do you have that will contradict this tradition?
Where is the evidence that this "tradition" is anything more than a fabrication ?
As I have pointed out the book of Judges suggests there was no such tradition.
The Exodus is not only implausible as written, it cannot be reliably linked with history or archaeology.
The historical markers in the text of Exodus are anachronistic, from a time well after the supposed events, indicating that the story was written long after the events, and there are other indications too.
The evidence indicates that the story was written long after events and there is no evidence that the tradition is based on anything other than the story. And there is certainly good reason to believe that the story has been greatly exaggerated in other respects.
So we have no reason to believe that "tradition" any more than we have to believe the story in the Torah.
It is far more likely that the story developed gradually and has little connection to historical fact, just as Judaism gradually grew out of being just another Canaanite religion.