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<p> One reason why the [[Israelites]] of Moses’ time were slaves in [[Egypt]] was that the [[Pharaoh]] wanted a cheap work-force to carry out his spectacular building programs. [[Among]] the cities that the Israelites built was [[Rameses]] (or Ra’amses), where the buildings included a magnificent palace, large storehouses and defence fortifications ( Exodus 1:8-11). Rameses was probably the former [[Hyksos]] capital, Avaris, rebuilt. (For map and other details see EGYPT.) </p> <p> Rameses was located in that part of the Nile [[Delta]] where the family of [[Jacob]] had originally settled ( [[Genesis]] 47:11). This was the region from which Jacob’s multitude of descendants set out on their flight from Egypt over four hundred years later (in 1280 BC; Exodus 12:37). Rameses was also apparently known as Zoan ( Psalms 78:12; Psalms 78:43), which from 1085 to 660 BC was the capital of Egypt ( Isaiah 19:11; Isaiah 19:13; Isaiah 30:4; Ezekiel 30:14). </p>

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