Did Moses grow up with Ramases?

Answer 1

Rameses II

The Egyptian pharaoh, Rameses II lived approximately 1290 to 1224 BCE.

Moses

The only information we have on Moses is from The Bible, which provides two quite distinct ways of estimating when Moses would have lived, neither of which coincides with the life of Rameses II.

According to the Bible, Moses was the grandson of Kohath, who was alive at the time of the migration from Canaan and lived 133 years, while his son Amran lived 137 years. At the extremes of biological possibility, and assuming the patriarchs really lived to improbably great ages, Moses was born sometime between 15 years and 270 years after the arrival in Egypt and, living to the age of 120 years, died between 135 and 390 years after the arrival. On these calculations, Moses was born between about 1850 and 1600 BCE, and died between about 1730 and 1480 BCE.

According to the Bible, Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, around 1440 BCE, and died about 40 years later, having lived 120 years. On these calculations, Moses was born about 1520 BCE and died about 1400 BCE.

Conclusion

On this evidence, Rameses II and Moses could not have grown up together, as Ramesis lived centuries after the time attributed to Moses. Moreover, over ninety per cent of scholars are reported as believing the Exodus did not really happen, thus casting doubt on the very existence of Moses.

Answer 2

The answer to this question varies. In some versions, Moses grows up with Ramases from the time when they were both children. In other versions, Moses grows up away from the palace, and therefore away from Ramases, and then returns to living there when he is old enough.

Answer 3

it was considered that Moses existed during the reign of Ramses the 2nd, because of the years and dates