Kadesh-barnea, and then attempting to bypass the land of Edom en route to the promised land (Num 14; 21; Deut 1; 2); (3) to Solomon’s naval venture to the land of Ophir (1 Kgs 9); or (4) to a place where cries of disaster could be heard, resulting from destruction inflicted upon the land of Edom (Jer 49). None of these seven texts manifests a context of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and in particular at the water of yam sûf. But a critical issue arises with this hypothesis when it is subsequently