It makes sense especially, then, why God didn’t want His people involved in idol creation and worship, like the nearby pagans.
Ancient Hebrews were allowed to marry Egyptians up until the time of Ezra. Joseph’s wife and the mother of his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, was an Egyptian. Her name was Asenath and was the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On.
The Israelites were in Egypt for over four hundred years and so I would imagine there was a lot of Egyptian blood mixed into the genome from that time.............