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The consensus of modern scholars is that the Bible does not give an accurate account of the origins of Israel, which formed as an entity in the southern [[Transjordan (region)|Transjordan region]] by the 13th century BCE from the indigenous [[Canaanites|Canaanite]] culture.{{sfn|Meyers|2005|pp=6–7}}{{sfn|Moore|Kelle|2011|p=81}}{{sfn|Faust|2015|page=476}} There is a widespread agreement that the composition of the [[Torah]] or Pentateuch, the biblical books which contain the Exodus narrative, took place in the [[Yehud Medinata|Middle Persian Period]] (5th century BCE),{{sfn|Romer|2008|p=2}} although the traditions behind it are older and can be found in the writings of the 8th-century BCE [[prophet]]s.{{sfn|Lemche|1985|p=327}}{{sfn|Redmount|2001|p=63}}

There is no evidence that the Israelites lived or were enslaved in ancient Egypt.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qjkz_8EMoaUC&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Biblical History and Israel S Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History|last=Moore|first=Megan Bishop|last2=Kelle|first2=Brad E.|date=2011-05-17|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=9780802862600|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-VxwC5rQtwC|title=What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It?: What Archeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel|last=Dever|first=William G.|date=2001-05-10|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=9780802821263|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QHHITXsyskC&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Exodus|last=Meyers|first=Carol|date=2005-07-11|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521002912|language=en}}</ref> The Israelites originated in [[Canaan]] and from the [[Canaanites]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GH-n4ctvlDYC&pg=PA40&dq=The+Canaanites+and+Their+Land&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Canaanites|last=Tubb|first=Jonathan N.|date=1998|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=9780806131085|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qjkz_8EMoaUC&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Biblical History and Israel S Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History|last=Moore|first=Megan Bishop|last2=Kelle|first2=Brad E.|date=2011-05-17|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=9780802862600|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rnyjxLHy-QC&pg=PA164#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction|last=Noll|first=K. L.|date=2001-01-01|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9781841273181|language=en}}</ref>

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