They lived in Israel before they were taken as slaves to Egypt.
Most commonly, Egyptians lived in the desert in Egypt.
Miriam in the Old Testament lived in Egypt with her family, as part of the Israelites, before they were led out of slavery by Moses.
The Israelites mainly lived in Egypt and other nations. Like the Farsees of India and Ismailis, the Israelites did not have a home. In 1948, however, Israel was created and the global Jewish diaspora finally had their homeland.
The Israelites lived in the region now known as Israel, plus in some extra territory that's around Israel but not in it now.
The Israelites lived in ancient Canaan, which is now modern-day Israel and Palestine. They settled in various regions within Canaan, such as the hill country of Samaria, the coastal plain, and the Jordan Valley.
We have relatively extensive documentary evidence of life in ancient Egypt during the time the Israelites supposedly lived there, but never were the Israelites ever mentioned or referred to. In all the royal records and documents, letters, business contracts and the like, no Egyptian ever mentioned a race of slaves among them, nor were Joseph or Moses ever mentioned, in spite of their supposedly quite significant impact on Egyptian rule. If the Israelites were ever in Egypt, the Egyptians give us no hint as to what they were called. The earliest mention of Israel or Israelites outside the Bible, and the only mention of Israel in Egyptian records, is the Merneptah Stela which describes the defeat of the Israelites around 1210 BCE: "Israel is laid waste, its seed is not." The Stela also describes the defeat by Egypt of Canaanite cities and places Israel in the probable context of a backward, rural community.
The Patriarchs and their family were in Israel (Canaan) for 220 years. After that they sojourned in Egypt for a couple of centuries.The era from Joshua until the First Destruction (including the Judges and Kings) was 850 years, during which the Israelites and the people of Judah remained in Israel. The Ten Israelite Tribes were exiled one century before the end of this era.See:More about this
We have relatively extensive documentary evidence of life in ancient Egypt during the time the Israelites supposedly lived there, but never were the Israelites ever mentioned or referred to. In all the royal records and documents, letters, business contracts and the like, no Egyptian ever mentioned a race of slaves among them, nor were Joseph or Moses ever mentioned, in spite of their supposedly quite significant impact on Egyptian rule. If the Israelites were ever in Egypt, the Egyptians give us no hint as to what they were called. The earliest mention of Israel or Israelites outside The Bible, and the only mention of Israel in Egyptian records, is the Merneptah Stela which describes the defeat of the Israelites around 1210 BCE: "Israel is laid waste, its seed is not." The Stela also describes the defeat by Egypt of Canaanite cities and places Israel in the probable context of a backward, rural community.
They went into the Sanai Desert and lived as nomads for forty years before entering the land of Canaan, which would later become the nation of Israel.
In the time of King Saul, the Israelites were in the land of Israel. They had already been there for four hundred years, and they remained for another four hundred years. After that, Israel was again home to the Jews during the Second Temple era. See also:King SaulHistory of the Jews in Israel
According to tradition, The Israelites lived in Egypt for 210 years, of which they were in varying degrees of bondage for some 118 years.