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 treasure-cities, Pithom and Raamses.' Their future deliverer, rescued from death by a princess of the royal house, must have spent many years at Zoan, the favourite residence of Rameses, which was close to the district of Goshen, and there he would have the opportunity at any moment of 'going out to his brethren and looking upon their burdens.'

Moses did not return from his exile during the lifetime of Rameses, but 'in process of time' that sovereign died. On the accession of Menephtah the hardships of the people were intensified, but their deliverance was close at hand. There is no need to relate the familiar story of their marvellous escape, and of the pursuit, in which so many of the chosen chariots and horses of Menephtah perished.