Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 12:37

"And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children." — Exodus 12:37 (ASV)

From Rameses to Succoth. The difference between the Raamses of Exodus 1:11 and the Rameses of this passage is merely one of “pointing,” and there is no basis for supposing that a different place is intended. Pi-Ramesu was the main capital of the kings of the nineteenth dynasty, having superseded Tanis, of which it was a suburb. (See Note on Exodus 1:11.) Succoth has been identified by Dr. Brugsch with an Egyptian town called Thukot; but it is probably a Semitic word, signifying “tents” or “booths.” The district southeast of Tanis is one in which clusters of “booths” have always been common. One of these—situated, perhaps, near the modern Tel-Dafneh, fifteen miles southeast of Tanis—was the first halt of the Israelites.