Rameses
Rameses was a city in Egypt where the Israelites lived during their enslavement before the Exodus.
PlaceOld Testament3 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Genesis 47:11; only referred to as Rameses (רַֽעַמְסֵס).
Location
- Identified as
- Qantir
- Certainty
- Possible (51% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 30.799° N, 31.834° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- רַֽעַמְסֵסRameses
Mentions
- So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
- On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
- The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.