First of all half of it's forgery, second the Jews conflated every God they knew of. They became so hyperfocused on the issue of idolatry that they merged every pagan god with the true one.

Now when something is cryptic, it tends to not be an accurate portrayal of reality. It's code for something else, so the rulers can't understand it. The exodus probably never happened, but an exodus from the matrix sure will. I'm serious, "Pharaoh" is a completely obvious representation of the demiurge once you make the connection. There's the Eden tale which is clearly a warning to avoid law and judgement. There are lots of examples. I know Paul definitely saw the Bible that way, based on Galatians 4. Some of the tales are indeed very shocking, but remember that sort of thing was commonplace in the author's time.