גֹּשֶׁן
goshen · Goshen
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1657 · appears 15 times in the Bible
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goshen (גֹּשֶׁן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Goshen”.
A region in the north-east of Egypt, good for livestock, where the Israelites lived; also a place in the south of Canaan.
How to say it
go·shen
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Goshen ?
Today: eastern Nile Delta (Wadi Tumilat), Egypt; debated
A region of the eastern Nile delta in Egypt; how far it extended is not certain.
Pharaoh gave that land to Jacob and his family to live in (Gen 47:6). During the plagues, no hail fell on Goshen (Exod 9:26).
Where it appears
- Genesis 45:10
You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me, you and your sons and the sons of your sons, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.
- Genesis 46:28
He sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him to Goshen; and they came to the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 46:29
Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He appeared to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.
- Genesis 46:34
you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd of flocks is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
- Genesis 47:1
Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan; and look, they are in the land of Goshen.”
- Genesis 47:4
They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to reside as aliens in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks that your servants have, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”
- Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land settle your father and your brothers; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are among them capable men, put them as chiefs over livestock, over what is mine.”
- Genesis 47:27
Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; they acquired possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
- Genesis 50:8
and all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household; only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds they left in the land of Goshen.
- Exodus 8:22
But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people live, so that there will be no swarms of flies there, that you may know that I am YHWH in the midst of the land.
- Exodus 9:26
Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.
- Joshua 10:41
And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea as far as Gaza, and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
- Joshua 11:16
So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the Shephelah, the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah,
- Joshua 15:51
Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.
And 1 more times.