Pithom

There's, there's literally just one thing, and it's in Exodus 1.

It says they built the cities, the store cities of Pithom and Ramses, Ramesses.

Okay.

Um, and so they say, "Oh, well, there you go.

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens.

And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Ramses.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew, and they were in dread of the children of Israel.

So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor, and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage.

He fled from Egypt and became a shepherd in the land of Midian.

and there in midian god called him to the great work of leading the children of israel out of egypt toward the promised land terrible troubles had come upon god's people in the land of goshen for the most selfish and cruel pharaoh who ever reigned over egypt had determined to treat the people who had come to live in egypt at the invitation of a former pharaoh just as though they were captives taken in battle many of the old ruins in egypt are covered with writings describing his cruelties he killed all who rebelled against him and condemned whole nations to wear out their lives by working for him in the gold mines or granite quarries or by making endless stories of bricks he cared for no man's life if only he could be called the richest king in the world and they built for pharaoh treasure cities pithom and ramses exodus chapter one verse eleven that is store cities in egypt many store cities were needed because corn was more plentiful there than in any other country pithom where was pithom So people were asking a few years ago, and because there was no answer to that question they began to doubt.

Had there ever been such a city? But in the year 1884 the earth gave up another of its secrets.

The ruins of Pithom were found, buried deep in the dust, and the remains of great storehouses built of rough bricks mixed with chopped straw.

So it was not the Jews.

The Jews helped build the cities of Pithom and Ramses, which were treasure cities.

They were, you know, immaculate.

Again, Egyptian engineering.

However, she was allowed an escort of soldiers and set out.

The route lay past Apollium, Phi-Hararoth, where there was a Roman garrison, then through two other forts, Migdal and Baal-Zephon, and onwards by way of Etham, Succoth, Pithom, another fort, to Heropolis, then only a large village, on a ranch of the Nile and within the borders of Egypt.

The remainder of the journey into Goshen was then accomplished.

It took her past Ramesses, which was only four miles from her goal, the city of Arabia, which she reached on the eve of the Epiphany in time for the services.

And he said unto his people, 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel, Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.' Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.

And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, uh, Pithom and Raamses.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.

And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.