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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 1:11

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:11 Pithom and Rameses have been identified with the modern cities of Tell el-Maskhutah and Qantir, which archaeology shows to have been built during the Late Bronze period (1550–1250 BC), the same period in which the Israelites were present.
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