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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]] 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]]).
The modern designated '''Red Sea''' is a [[sea]] located between [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]] on the west and both [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]] 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]], as well as both of the gulfs of [[Gulf of Suez|Suez}} and [[Gulf of Aqaba|Aqaba]] (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]].
It was this sea which of [[Moses]] and the [[Children of Israel]] crossed during the [[Hebrew Exodus]] as recorded in the biblical account<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=2&chapter=14&version=31</ref> wherein God parted the sea.
Yet the ancient usage of the name "Red Sea" has left significant debate as 'where' is meant by the reference. One position is that the [[Hebrews]] crossed the modern [[Gulf of Suez]] en-route to the traditional [[Mount Sinai]] as named by [[Flavia Julia Helena Augusta|Constantine's mother]]. The other is that they crossed the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] en-route to the ultra prominent [[Jabal al-Lawz]] (Arabic: جَبَل ٱللَّوْز, lit. "mountain of almonds") in [[Saudi Arabia]], boasting its strangely burnt top and is parallel<ref>https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g4960/kjv/tr/0-1/</ref> to Jerusalem in the same longitudinal line as stated by [[Paul the Apostle]].<ref>Gal. 4:25; https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/gal/4/25/t_conc_1095025</ref>
The Red Sea is also the site of the [[Suez Canal]].