Goshen
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south
country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the
plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;...
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They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land
are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their
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....
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go'-shen (goshen; Gesem):
1. Meaning of Name:
The region where the Hebrews dwelt in Egypt. If the
Septuagint reading Gesem be correct, the word, which in its
Hebrew form has no known meaning, may mean "cultivated"--
comparing the Arabic root jashima, "to labor." Egyptologists
have suggested a connection with the Egyptian word qas,
meanin...
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The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land
make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen
let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity
among them, then make them rulers over my cattle....
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And 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:...
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1. Three Egyptian homes in the Delta, and extending over
part of Goshen, bore a name beginning with ka or ga, "a
bull," namely, Mnevis, worshipped at On, representing Turn
the unknown source of all existence. N.E. of Lower Egypt,
having the Mediterranean on N., the desert on E., the Delta
and the Tanitic branch of the Nile on W. (hence called ...
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(1.) A district in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled,
and
in which they remained till the Exodus (Gen. 45:10;
46:28, 29,
31, etc.). It is called "the land of Goshen"
(47:27), and also
simply "Goshen" (46:28), and "the land of Rameses"
(47:11; Ex.
12:37), for the towns Pithom and Rameses lay within
its borders;
also Zoan or Tanis (P...
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1. The name of a part of Egypt where the Israelites dwelt
during the whole period of their sojourn in that country. It
was probably situated on the eastern border of the Nile,
extending from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. It contained
the treasure-cities of Rameses and Pittim. It was a pasture
land, especially suited to a shepherd people, a...
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1. A district in Egypt especially suitable for herds and
flocks
Israelites dwelt in
Ge 45:10; 46:28; 47
Exempted from plagues
Ex 8:22; 9:26
-2. A town and district of the tribe of Judah
Jos 10:41; 11:16; 15:51...
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