Where is Rameses in the Bible?
Rameses was a city and region in Egypt where Jacob's family settled when they first arrived in Egypt (Gen. 47:11). Rameses appears in 4 verses across 3 books of the Bible.
What happened at Rameses?
Rameses was a city and region in Egypt where Jacob's family settled when they first arrived in Egypt (Gen. 47:11). It was located in the land of Goshen. The Israelites later departed from Rameses at the beginning of the Exodus (Exo. 12:37; Num. 33:3,5). The name may come from the Egyptian phrase "Ra created it", referring to the sun god Ra. Some scholars believe Rameses was named after the pharaoh Rameses II of the 19th Dynasty, but the biblical chronology would place the Exodus much earlier. The exact location is uncertain, but it was likely in the eastern Nile Delta region.
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Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Rameses appear in the Bible?
Rameses is referenced in 4 verses across 3 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Exodus 12:37
- Genesis 47:11
- Numbers 33:3
- Numbers 33:5
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Rameses.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Rameses?
Rameses appears in 4 verses across 3 books, most often in Numbers, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Rameses?
Numbers, Exodus, Genesis.
Where can I read every verse about Rameses?
This page lists 4 of them. Protos carries all 4, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
