Genesis 47:11,12

GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 47:11 Joseph assigns land to his family in the land of Rameses. Previously, the name “land of Goshen” has been used for the territory where they were to live (e.g., Genesis 45:10; Genesis 46:28). The name “Rameses” is most often associated with the great thirteenth-century-B.C. Egyptian king Rameses II. While it is possible that the actual name “Rameses” goes back to the time of Joseph, this may be an example of a later term being substituted for an earlier name (see note on 14:13–16).