The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea (Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized: Kriat Yam Suph, lit. “parting of the sea of reeds”) is an episode in The Exodus, a foundational story in the Hebrew Bible.
Despite his father’s libertarian views and strong support for individual rights, the novelist Ayn Rand was not the inspiration for his first name. Growing up, he went by “Randy”, but his wife shortened it to “Rand”.