![]() But Rameses may here refer to a district, and it may be that the Israelites pulled away from all parts of the district, converging on Succoth as the place of rendezvous.- Ex 12:37 Nu 33:3-5. Most scholars assume that the city is here meant, perhaps being the rendezvous site where the Israelites gathered from various parts of Goshen. When the Exodus from Egypt began, Rameses is given as the starting point. ” ( Ex 1:11) Many scholars suggest that Raamses was so named for the district of Rameses in which they assume it was located. ( Ge 47:6) Later, the Israelites were enslaved and put to building cities “as storage places for Pharaoh, namely, Pithom and Raamses. When Jacob’s family moved into Egypt they were assigned to live in “the land of Rameses.” ( Ge 47:11) Since elsewhere they are spoken of as residing in the land of Goshen, it appears that Rameses was either a district within Goshen or was another name for Goshen. ![]()
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