Seventh aliyah
ויגש · Vayigash · Genesis 47:11-47:27
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Genesis 47:11
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
What's bothering Rashi?
The verse says Joseph settled his family in the best land, in the land of Rameses. Why name a place called Rameses when this is not where they were told to settle?
Look closely. What seems repeated, missing, out of order, or strange?