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[[File:Moses-parting-red-sea.jpg|thumb|[[Moses]] and the Red Sea]]

[[File:Moses-parting-red-sea.jpg|thumb|[[Moses]] and the Red Sea]]

The '''Red Sea''' is a [[sea]] between [[Egypt]] and [[Saudi Arabia]]. It is mentioned in the [[Bible]] when God parted the sea during the [[Hebrew Exodus]] from Egypt.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=2&chapter=14&version=31</ref> The Red Sea is also the site of the [[Suez Canal]].

The '''Red Sea''' is a [[sea]] located between [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]] on the west and both [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yamen]] on its eastern coast.  Yet the ancient designation of the [[Erythrean sea]] (lit. "Red Sea") was much larger in its extent to include even the [[Perisan Gulf]], [[Gulf of Oman]], the [[Arabian Sea]], [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Gulf of Aden]] (see [[Erythrean sea]]).

 

It is mentioned in the [[Bible]] when God parted the sea during the [[Hebrew Exodus]] from Egypt.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=2&chapter=14&version=31</ref> The Red Sea is also the site of the [[Suez Canal]].