If I recall the story correctly (in the bible, not in the movie), when the Egyptians were pursuing the Hebrews across the opened up Red Sea, God first made the ground muddy only for the Egyptians so they would be stuck and be unable to catch the Hebrews. Then once the Hebrews cleared the sea, God closed the sea on the stuck Egyptians.
Yes, you are correct sir. As the Biblical account of the parting of the Red Sea goes, Moses stretched his hand out over the sea, and God caused a strong east wind to blow all night, parting the waters and turning the sea floor into dry land.
During the night, the Israelites fled through the Red Sea. When the Egyptian army charged in after them, God threw the army into a panic, clogging their chariot wheels to slow them down. Once the Israelites were safe on the other side, God told Moses to stretch out his hand again. As morning returned, the sea rolled back in, covering the Egyptian army, its chariots and horses.
Exodus 14:21-28 New King James Version21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians. 25 And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”
26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” 27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+14&version=NKJV
So the story goes.
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