Rameses
Rameses (Biblical Place • 30.799°N, 31.834°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 47:11 , Ex 12:37 , Num 33:3 , Num 33:5 . It is closely linked with Exodus (Old Testament • 40 Chapters): Exodus (Old Testament, 40 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Issachar . Key places: Egypt , Dan , Pithom , Rameses , Midian , Horeb . Opens with: "Now these are the names of the children of Israel , which came into Egypt ; every man and his household came with Jacob...."
Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage
Esau ( Edom ) (Generation 22 • Child of Isaac ): ( Genesis 25:25 , 1 Chronicles 1:34 ) G-d declared that Esau would serve his younger twin brother, Jacob , before they were born ( Genesis 25:23 ). (mentioned in Genesis 25 , Genesis 26 , Genesis 27 ) Abel (Generation 2 • Child of Adam ): Abel is a biblical figure in Generation 2, child of Adam . ( Genesis 4:2 , Genesis 4:8 ) (mentioned in Genesis 4 , Genesis 50 , Numbers 33 )
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Rameses (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 47:11 , Ex 12:37 , Num 33:3 , Num 33:5 .) Babylon (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 17:24 , 2 Kgs 17:30 , 2 Kgs 20:12 , 2 Kgs 20:14 , 2 Kgs 20:17 , 2 Kgs 20:18 (identified with Babel ).) Libnah 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 10:29 , Josh 10:31 , Josh 10:32 , Josh 10:39 , Josh 12:15 , Josh 15:42 (identified with Lachish ).) Rimmon 2 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:32 , Josh 19:7 , 1 Chr 4:32 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Ain 1 ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Code of Hammurabi Stele — Monumental black diorite stele containing 282 legal judgments of King Hammurabi of Babylon , displaying profound thematic and legal parallels with biblical Mosaic law. Table of Showbread — Gold-overlaid acacia table placed on the north side of the Holy Place , holding the twelve loaves of the Bread of the Presence (Showbread) in two rows of six before the Lord every Sabbath.
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Numbers 33:5 : "And the children of Israel removed from Rameses , and pitched in Succoth ."; Exodus 12:37 : "And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth , about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children."; Exodus 1:11 : "Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Rameses.". Related canonical books and chapters: Exodus 1 ( Exodus • Chapter 1 (22 verses)), Exodus 12 ( Exodus • Chapter 12 (51 verses)), Genesis 47 ( Genesis • Chapter 47 (31 verses)).