or RAAMSES, a city supposed to have been situated in the
eastern part of Egypt, called the land of Goshen, which was also hence
termed the land of Rameses. It was one of the cities built by the
Israelites as a treasure city, as it is translated in our Bibles;
probably a store city, or, as others interpret it, a fortress. Its
position may be fixed about six or eight miles above the modern Cairo, a
little to the south of the Babylon of the Persians, the ancient
Letopolis; as Josephus says that the children of Israel, after quitting
this place, in their first march to Succoth, passed by the latter city.
eastern part of Egypt, called the land of Goshen, which was also hence
termed the land of Rameses. It was one of the cities built by the
Israelites as a treasure city, as it is translated in our Bibles;
probably a store city, or, as others interpret it, a fortress. Its
position may be fixed about six or eight miles above the modern Cairo, a
little to the south of the Babylon of the Persians, the ancient
Letopolis; as Josephus says that the children of Israel, after quitting
this place, in their first march to Succoth, passed by the latter city.