Original sentence: Despite the current view among archaeologists that many of the Israelites originated in Canaan without having travelled to Egypt, scholars believe that a small section of Israelite society may nevertheless have once migrated to Egypt and later fled from it, forming a historic nucleus from which the Exodus narrative developed; the section of Israelite society in question is suspected to be the tribes with Rachel as matriarch - Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh
Edited sentence: Although an increasing majority of archaeologists believe that the Israelites emerged as a subculture in Canaanite society, rather than invading it after fleeing egypt, scholars believe that a small section of Israelite society may nevertheless have once migrated to Egypt and later fled from it, forming a historic nucleus from which the Exodus narrative developed; the section of Israelite society in question is suspected to be the tribes with Rachel as matriarch - Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh