Ra'amses
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Rameses
"landet" (1Mos 47:11 ), var sandsynligvis "landet Goshen" (se 1Mos 45:10 ). Efter at hebræerne havde bygget Rameses, en af "forrådsbyerne," blev det kendt som "landet" hvor denne by blev bygget. Byen med dette navn (2Mos 12:37 ) var sandsynligvis identisk med Zoan, som Rameses II. ("solens søn") genopbyggede. Det blev hans særlige residens og rangerede næstefter Theben i betydning og pragt. Store masser af mursten, lavet af Nilens mudder, soltørret, nogle af dem blandet med stubbe, muligvis formet af jødiske hænder, markerer stadig stedet for Rameses. Dette var det generelle samlingssted for israelitterne, før de begyndte deres march ud af Egypten. Kaldet også Raamses (2Mos 1:11 ).
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Rameses
"the land of" (Gen 47:11), was probably "the land of Goshen" (q.v.) (Gen 45:10). After the Hebrews had built Rameses, one of the "treasure cities," it came to be known as the "land" in which that city was built.
The city bearing this name (Ex 12:37) was probably identical with Zoan, which Rameses II. ("son of the sun") rebuilt. It became his special residence, and ranked next in importance and magnificance to Thebes. Huge masses of bricks, made of Nile mud, sun-dried, some of them mixed with stubble, possibly moulded by Jewish hands, still mark the site of Rameses. This was the general rendezvous of the Israelites before they began their march out of Egypt. Called also Raamses (Ex 1:11).
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary