Rameses Raamses
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
RAAMSES, Rameses . One of the treasure cities built by the Israelites in Egypt, and the starting-point of the Exodus ( Exodus 1:11; Exodus 12:37 , Numbers 33:3; Numbers 33:5 ). The site is not quite certain, but it was probably one of the cities called in Egyp. P-Ra’messe , House of Ramesse,’ after Ramesses ii. In Genesis 47:11 Joseph, by Pharaoh’s command, gives to Jacob’s family ‘a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses.’ It thus lay in the Land of Goshen (wh. see), and is to be looked for in the first place in the Wady Tumilat. Petrle identifies it with Tell Rotab , where he has found sculptures of the age of Ramesses ii.
F. Ll. Griffith.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
District in Goshen in Lower Egypt, east of the Nile, in which Jacob and his descendants were placed, and in which they built a treasure city of the same name for Pharaoh. It was from thence the Israelites began their march out of Egypt. Genesis 47:11; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 12:37; Numbers 33:3,5 . It is not identified. It is a disputed point as to whether the name of the district or of the city had any connection with the Egyptian kings named Rameses.
