The Israelites leave from their homes in the "Land of Rameses" according to Genesis 47:11. The Hebrews lived in Goshen which is in the "Land of Rameses". Since they left at night we don't know what time it was, but it probably provided them an extra 6 to 10 hours of travel time. That is to say, the beginning of their journey may have had as much as 2 days of travel bundled into one long day.

They journey to Succoth, which we could assume was the assembly point for the "orderly ranks" mentioned in Ex 13:18. This would conclude their first days journey. In reality we don't know if they were there for only one night. Due to their haste to leave, one nights stay would certainly seem to be the case. The map below has range markers (circles) at 10 mile increments (depicting one days journey).

This view uses a satellite view to depict what the Israelites might have look like when assembled into orderly ranks, as parallel yellow lines.

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