A region and town located in the northeastern part of the Nile Delta in Egypt, where Joseph settled his father and brothers and where the Israelite slaves were forced to build a city with the same name; starting point of exodus (ABD).
About Rameses
A place (also called Ra'amses or Ramses) mentioned with Pithom in Exodus 1:11. It is one of the locations where the Hebrews were forced to work on building projects for the pharaoh. Here they suffered under heavy burdens placed on them by the pharaoh's officers. Later, they escaped from this oppression and began their journey to the promised land (Exodus 12:37; Numbers 33:3). The exact location of this place is important for determining when the exodus from Egypt happened.
The powerful king Ramses II (who ruled from 1290 to 1224 BC) constructed many buildings in the east Delta region. The ambitious pharaoh wanted to create a new center for his kingdom. He chose Avaris, his family’s old home, as the starting point. His father had already built a summer palace there. On the north side of Avaris, Ramses II built a magnificent palace that he named Pirameses.
Key References
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
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.
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,
All Scripture References (5)
Genesis (1)
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.
Exodus (2)
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
Numbers (2)
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.