Place
Goshen
The fertile delta region where Jacob's family settles in Egypt (Gen 47).
Where it is
- Region
- Nile Delta
Goshen in Scripture
14 verses name it — all of them- Genesis 45:10and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
- Genesis 46:28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 46:29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 46:34that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Genesis 47:1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 47:4And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 47:6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
- Genesis 47:27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
- Genesis 50:8and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
- Exodus 8:22And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.
- Exodus 9:26Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
- Joshua 10:41And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
- Joshua 11:16So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
- Joshua 15:51and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
The account
The best of the land of Egypt, given to Joseph's family for their flocks; where Israel dwells, multiplies, and is later preserved through the plagues.