Goshen in Genesis 45:10

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 (Ps. 78:12). It lay on the east of the Nile, and apparently not far from the royal residence. It was “the best of the land” (Gen. 47:6, 11), but is now a desert. It is first mentioned in Joseph’s message to his father. It has been identified with the modern Wady Tumilat, lying between the eastern part of the Delta and the west border of Palestine. It was a pastoral district, where some of the king’s cattle were kept (Gen. 47:6). The inhabitants were not exclusively Israelites (Ex. 3:22; 11:2; 12:35, 36).

Recorded scripture occurrences (11)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: GEN 45:10

OET-RV GEN 45:10

10 You can live in the Goshen region so that you’ll be near to me—you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and everything that belongs to you.

OET-LV GEN 45:10

10 And_you _will _dwell in_the _land _of Goshen and_you _will _be near to_me you and_children _of_your and_the _sons your(pl)_children _of_your and_sheep _of_your and_cattle _of_your and_all that to/for_you(fs).

Show passage in OET: GEN 46:28

OET-RV GEN 46:28

28 As they all approached Mitsrayim (Egypt) , Ya’akov (Jacob) sent Yehudah (Judah) ahead of the others to find out from Yosef (Joseph) how to get to Goshen. As they all arrived in the Goshen area,

OET-LV GEN 46:28

28 And_DOM Yəhūdāh/(Judah) he _sent before_him to Yōşēf to_show before_him to_Goshen and_they _came towards_land of _Goshen.

Show passage in OET: GEN 46:29

OET-RV GEN 46:29

29 Yosef hooked up his chariot and went to meet his father Yisrael (Israel) there. He went up to his father, and hugged him for a long time as he cried.

OET-LV GEN 46:29

29 And_ Yōşēf/(Joseph) _he _harnessed chariot _of_his and_he/it _ascended to_meet Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) his/its_father to_Goshen and_he _presented _himself to_him/it and_he _fell on neck(s)_of_his and_he _wept on neck(s)_of_his still.

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