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Crossing the Red Sea
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The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea is an episode in the origin myth of The Exodus in the Hebrew Bible.
The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34)
The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34)
Crossing the Red Sea, a wall painting from the 1640s in Yaroslavl, Russia
Crossing the Red Sea, a wall painting from the 1640s in Yaroslavl, Russia
Pharaoh's army engulfed by the Red Sea, by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1900)
Pharaoh's army engulfed by the Red Sea, by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1900)
Crossing the Red Sea, Rothschild Haggadah, ca. 1450
Crossing the Red Sea, Rothschild Haggadah, ca. 1450
Yam Suph
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In the Exodus narrative, Yam Suph or Red Sea, sometimes translated as Sea of Red, is the body of water which the Israelites crossed following their exodus from Egypt. The same phrase appears in over 20 other places in the Hebrew Bible. This has traditionally been interpreted as referring to the Red Sea, following the Greek Septuagint's rendering of the phrase. However the appropriate translation of the phrase remains a matter of dispute; as does the exact location referred to.
The Gulf of Aqaba, to the east/right. Also visible are the Gulf of Suez to the west/left, the Sinai Peninsula separating the two gulfs, and part of th
The Gulf of Aqaba, to the east/right. Also visible are the Gulf of Suez to the west/left, the Sinai Peninsula separating the two gulfs, and part of the Red Sea in the lower left corner.
The Nile delta at the time of Herodotus, according to James Rennell (1800).
The Nile delta at the time of Herodotus, according to James Rennell (1800).