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22. Respecting tlie name of “ Raamses ” or “ Ramesses,” 
as it is generally written, M. Chabas, a distinguished French 
Egyptologist, regards it as a proof that the “ king who knew 
not Joseph” must refer to Ramesses I. or his grandson, 
Ramessu the Great ; when the name of Ramessu is first met 
with amongst the Pharaohs of Egypt. But this is a mistake. 
If we regard the Hebrew mode of spelling the name we find 
it written R H M S 8, and pronounced probably Ramess. So 
on the monuments, we find a name exactly like it at this very 
period of history, and in a position which would naturally 
account for one of the “treasure cities” being called after 
him. The name of one of the sons of the “king who knew 
not Joseph ” reads Ra-M S S, whereas the Pharaohs of the 
house of Ramesses, which reigned two centuries later, have the 
final u generally speaking at the end of their name ; so that 
the exact way of rendering it in English would be rather 
Ramessu than Raamses , or Ramesses. And thus it appears 
that the Hebrew name as it is written in Exodus i. 11, is more 
like the son of Amosis, which is thus inscribed on his cartouche, 
“ The "king's son Ra-M S S ever living ,” than that of the sub- 
sequent line of Pharaohs. ( Konigsbuch der Alten Aegyjpter } von 
C. Lepsius, Tafeln xxiii. xxx.-xxxiii.) 
23. Before entering upon the next step in detecting the 
harmony between the monuments and Scripture, it may not 
be amiss to insert a brief genealogical sketch of the different 
Pharaohs during the sojourn of the Israelites in Egypt, as the 
monuments have yielded more information respecting these 
kings than all the other Pharaohs, with the exception of 
Ramessu the Great, put together, 
Suepherp Dynasty. Manetho’s xviii. Dynasty. 
Pharaoh Apophis (Joseph’s Patron). 
Pharaoh Assa (Last of the 1706 b.c. Amosis (Conqueror of the Shepherds), 
Shepherd Kings). 
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Amenophis I. ob. s.p. Thothmes I. 
Queen Hat-asu = Thothmes II. Thothmes III. 
/“ Pharaoh’s daughter,” \ | 
\ who preserved Moses./ Amenophis II. 
Thothmes IY. (drowned 
in the Red Sea b.c. 1580). 
24. With reference to what is stated in Scripture respecting 
the preservation of Moses, it may be safely assumed from 
