Rameses in the Bible

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Rameses in the Bible

Person Old Testament Male

At a glance

  • Name: Rameses
  • Classification: Person
  • Gender: Male
  • Testament: Old Testament
  • Verse mentions: 4
  • Books: 3
  • Chapters: 3

Description

Pharaoh during the time of the Exodus, mentioned in Exodus.

KJV Bible references

Genesis 47:11

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.

Exodus 12:37

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

Numbers 33:3

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 a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

Numbers 33:5

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

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