Surah Al-A'raf Verse 136

1094 When at last Israel left Egypt , they selected, not the highway to Canaan, along the Mediterranean and by Gaza , because they were unarmed and would have encountered immediate opposition there, but by way of the wilderness of Sinai. They crossed the Red Sea , while Pharaoh's host which came in pursuit was drowned. Cf. 2:50 . (R). 1095 Where was the Council of Pharaoh held in which Moses addressed Pharaoh? Egypt 's primary capital in the XVIIIth Dynasty was Thebes ( = No- Ammon), but that was more than 400 miles to the south of the Delta, in whose corner Israel dwelt. Memphis , on the apex of the Delta, a little south of where Cairo is now, was also over 100 miles from Israel 's habitations. The interview must have been either in a Palace near Goshen, where the Israelites dwelt, or in Zoan ( - Tanis), the Deltaic capital built by a former dynasty, which was of course still available for the reigning dynasty, and which was not far from the Israelite settlement.