Goshen in the Bible

Meaning: approaching; drawing near

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You shall settle in the land of Goshen so that you will be near me, you and your children and your grandchildren, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

GrandchildrenLiving In The LandNeighboursImmigrantsland

He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to appear before him in Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.

Then you must say, 'You servants [are] men of livestock from our childhood until now, both we and also our ancestors,' so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd [is] a detestable thing to Egyptians."

AbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

So Joseph went and reported to Pharaoh. And he said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds, and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan. Now [they are] here in the land of Goshen."

Telling Of Movements

And behold, they are in the land of Goshen. And he took some of his brothers, five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.

Five People

And they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servant's flocks, for the famine [is] severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."

SojourningNo FoodLiving In The Land

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

The land of Egypt [is] before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen, and if you know there is among them men of ability, then appoint them overseers of my own livestock."

AbilityCompetence

So Joseph settled his father and brothers and gave them a possession in Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses (Goshen), as Pharaoh commanded.

Jacob, Life And Character Of

So Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they acquired possessions in it and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

Fruitfulness, NaturalPeople Multiplying

And Jacob was living in the land of Goshen for seventeen years; so the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.

Age, Lived Over 100Age, Span Of Life15 To 20 YearsAge At Death

Now some time after these things happened, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him [to go to Goshen].

DeathbedsSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfGoing TogetherSick Individuals

with all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and the household of his father. They left only their little children and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.

People Abandoning People

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Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.

And Joshua smote them from Kadesh Barnea, unto Gaza, and all the coasts of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

And so Joshua took all the land, the hills and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the plains, and the mountain of Israel, with the low country of the same,


And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen and be by me: both thou and thy children, and thy children's children: and thy sheep, and beasts and all that thou hast.

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph that the way might be showed him unto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.


But I will separate the same day the land of Goshen where my people are, so that there shall no flies be there: that thou mayest know that I am the LORD upon the earth.

only in the land of Goshen where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.


And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph that the way might be showed him unto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. And Joseph made ready his chariot and went to meet Israel his father unto Goshen, and presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck and wept upon his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, "Now I am content to die, insomuch I have seen thee, that thou art yet alive." read more.

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, "For to sojourn in the land are we come, for thy servants have no pasture for their sheep, so sore is the famishment in the land of Canaan. Now therefore let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen." And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee. The land of Egypt is open before thee: In the best place of the land make both thy father and thy brethren dwell. And even in the land of Goshen let them dwell. Moreover, if thou know any men of activity among them, make them rulers over my cattle." read more.

And Israel dwelt in Egypt, even in the country of Goshen. And they had their possessions therein, and they grew and multiplied exceedingly. Moreover, Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, so that the whole age of Jacob was a hundred and forty seven years.


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