Rameses
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Rameses in the Bible Dictionary
- (Called also Raamses.)
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The district in Egypt which was inhabited by the Israelites
Gen 47:11; Ex 1:11; 12:37; Num 33:3, 5
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Genesis 47:1111 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Exodus 1:1137 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Exodus 12:373 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Numbers 33:35 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
Numbers 33:5 -
City of, built by the Israelites as a treasure city for one of the Pharaohs
Ex 1:11
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Exodus 1:11
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
