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Pithom A city which the Hebrews in Egypt were employed to build (Exod. 1: 11).

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Pithom , in the Bible, the ancient treasure city of Egypt, in the eastern part of the Nile delta, built by the Israelites for the pharaoh. Ruins include walls of storage chambers.

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