Genesis 46:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sent Judah—to direct his face unto Goshen— Judah, having acted a principal part in this transaction, was dismissed to Joseph, to inform him of his father's arrival, and, as it is in the Hebrew, to prepare before him Goshen, or in Goshen, i.e.. according to Onkelos, to prepare a place for his residence in Goshen, to receive directions from Joseph in what part of Goshen he should dwell. The LXX has it, Unto Joseph, to meet him at Heroopolis ['Ηρωων πολις] in the land of Rameses. And Joseph made ready his chariots, and went up to meet Israel his father at 'Ηρωων πολις (Heroopolis). "The land of Rameses," says Wall, "seems to be another name for the land of Goshen; (ch. Genesis 47:6; Genesis 47:11) and the city to be some city in that land, of which the translators, at Alexandria, knew the name. Josephus, reciting this passage, says, that Joseph met his father καθ' 'Ηρωων πολιν at Heroopolis, as it is in the LXX. And this, by the way, shews that he drew his abridgment of the Sacred History, in many places, from the LXX, and not from the Hebrew; for the name in Hebrew would not have been a Greek name, as this plainly is. It is much more likely that they should appoint the place of meeting at some city, or particular place, than in a country at large."