Land & region

Egypt & Sinai

The Nile world, the route out of Egypt, and the wilderness around Sinai.

What the sources say, and how sure we are

The text says
Joseph’s family settles in the land of Goshen, in the eastern Nile Delta, and later Israel leaves Egypt and travels through the wilderness to Sinai.Gen 45:10; Exod 13:17–19:2; Num 33
Outside evidence
Egyptian records mention Asiatic peoples living in the eastern Delta and the Egyptian forts and roads that crossed the Sinai Peninsula. The city of Pi-Ramesses, built by Ramesses II, stood in the same region.
Debated
Scholars disagree on the location of Raamses (Qantir or Tell el-Dab‘a), the route of the Exodus, and the location of Mount Sinai.Exod 1:11; Exod 13:17–14:9