Positive And Negative View

The last possuk in the parsha is וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֑שֶׁן וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ בָ֔הּ וַיִּפְר֥וּ וַיִּרְבּ֖וּ מְאֹֽד.  There are two approaches to understand this possuk.  The Arugos Habosem says from the fact that it says וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ with a kamatz under the alef, not a cholem, that Bnei Yisroel were held and entrapped by the land.  Bnei Yisroel did not relize that they were being trapped and sinking into the tumah of Mitzraim.  This approach is supported by the  The Midrash Tadshey Ch. 17which also interprets וַיֵּאָחֲז֣וּ as Bnei Yisroel were grabbed by the land against their will.  

Rashi says ויאחזו בה means לשון אחוזה.  Bnei Yisroel took over the land as their own place.  The Kli Yakar also understands this in a negative light, "הפסוק מאשימם על ישיבה זו שבקשו אחוזה בארץ לא להם, ולא כך אמרו אל פרעה לגור בארץ באנו, מלמד שמתחלה לא ירדו להשתקע שמה אלא לגור כמדייר בי דיירא ועכשיו חזרו מדבריהם, וכל כך נשתקעו שמה עד שלא רצו לצאת ממצרים, עד שהוצרך הקב״ה להוציאם משם ביד חזקה..."  The Kli Yakar understands Rashi is saying a physiological idea.  Bnei Yisroel viewed the land as their own.  However, Rashi may be alluding to the midrash that the land was literally there's as a inheritance because Pharaoh granted it to Sarah (see Pirkay D' Rebbe Eliezer Ch. 26.)  If that's the case, how was it considered golus, they were in a land that was theirs?  Because they were in the middle of a country that is not theirs' they were in golus.  That is the intent of the Rashi beforehand, וישב ישראל בארץ מצרים – והיכן, בארץ גשן, שהיא מארץ מצרים.  They were stuck in the middle of Egypt, that was the golus.  Despite the fact that their feet were standing on ground that should have been theirs, it was still in Egypt.  In this vein, we can give a positive spin on the Rashi, in fact the complete opposite of the Kli Yakar.  The land was in reality an אחוזה but yet Klal Yisroel was able to recognize they were in golus.  They recognized the fact that they lived in Goshen = modern day Jewish area, is not a substitute for the true Jewish home but that it was golus and they did not feel at home.  (See Likutay Sichos volume 15 sicha 4.)