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Pithom

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Pi'thom. (the city of justice). One of the store-cites built by the Israelites in Egypt, for the first oppressor, the Pharaoh "which knew not Joseph." Exodus 1:11 It is probably the Patumus of Herodotus, (ii. 1 159). Now called Abhaseh, at the entrance of Wady Fumilat, on the line of the ancient canal to the Red Sea. A town on the borders of Egypt, nest which Necho constructed a canal from the Nile to the Arabian Gulf.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Pithom'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​p/pithom.html. 1901.
 
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