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That's in the bible and well documented. They lived in Goshen for 400+ years before the Exodus.
So then is Goshen the original homeland? Apparently not. How come? Where were they before they were in Goshen? (Asked by someone who knows nothing of the history of Israel!)According to wikipedia, the majority opinion among archaeologists and other scholars is that the Hebrews emerged as a separate people indigenously from the population in Canaan - but may have been shaped by the addition of some peoples who traveled to the area:
Modern scholarship generally views ancient Israel's origins as emerging primarily from the indigenous population of Canaan.[35][36] According to this view, the early Israelites likely consisted of diverse elements drawn from Late Bronze Age society, including rural villagers, former settled peoples, displaced peasants, and pastoralist groups.[37][35] These were joined by marginal segments of society, such as the 'Apiru and Shasu, who lived on the fringes of settled areas.[37][35][b] Additional external elements may have included fugitive or runaway Semitic slaves from Egypt, who likely constituted at least part of the emerging Israelite population.[35][39][40]
At the same time, scholars argue that the Exodus story may preserve a kernel of historical truth, though it has been reshaped over time. Various Semitic peoples lived in Egypt at different periods, and the biblical narrative could reflect the experiences of a particular group which was later expanded into a national saga.en.wikipedia.org - History of ancient Israel and JudahThere does not seem to be any historicity to the biblical tale that the Jewish people existed somewhere else and then migrated
en masse into the region from elsewhere.
