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Rameses, Raamses

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: R By: James P. Boyd

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(sun-born). Country and city in lower Egypt, associated with Goshen; the city being the capital, and one of the Pharaohs’ store-cities, located on the Pelusiac mouth of the Nile (Gen. 47:11¹¹And 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 47:11); Ex. 1:11; 12:37¹¹Therefore 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)
³⁷And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. (Exodus 12:37); Num. 33:3,5³And 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 33:3)
⁵And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. (Numbers 33:5)).

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