Goshen

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. A district in Egypt especially suitable for herds and flocks
• Israelites dwelt inGenesis 45:10Genesis 46:28Genesis 47
• Exempted from plaguesExodus 8:22Exodus 9:26
• 2. A town and district of the tribe of JudahJoshua 10:41Joshua 11:16Joshua 15:51

The passages, in Bible order (8)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 8 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 45:10

   You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 45:101 voice

   “Thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen - Probably this district had been allotted to Joseph by the king of Egypt, else we can scarcely think he could have promised it so positively, without first obtaining Pharaoh’s consent. Goshen was the most easterly province of Lower Egypt, not far from the Arabian Gulf, lying next to Canaan, (for Jacob went directly thither when he came into Egypt), from whence it is supposed to have been about fourscore miles distant, though Hebron was distant from the Egyptian capital about three hundred miles.

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2. Genesis 46:28

   Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 46:282 voices

   “(v. 28) But Judah was sent ahead of him to Joseph, to meet him in the city of Heroum in the land of Ramesse. In Hebrew, there is no city called Heroum, nor a land called Ramesse, but only Gesen. Some Jews assert that Gesen is now called Thebaid. And what follows afterwards: He gave them the best land in Egypt, in Ramesse, which they believe to be the village called Arsenoites in ancient times.

   “He sent Judah before him unto Joseph - Judah was certainly a man of sense, and also an eloquent man; and of him Joseph must have had a very favorable opinion from the speech he delivered before him, Gen 44:18, etc.; he was therefore chosen as the most proper person to go before and announce Jacob’s arrival to his son Joseph.

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3. Genesis 47:1

   So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”

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4. Exodus 8:22

   But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 8:221 voice

   “I will sever in that day - הפליתי hiphleythi, has been translated by some good critics, I will miraculously separate; so the Vulgate: Faciam mirabilem, “I will do a marvellous thing.” And the Septuagint, παραδοξασω, I will render illustrious the land of Goshen in that day; and this he did, by exempting that land, and its inhabitants the Israelites, from the plagues by which he afflicted the land of Egypt.

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5. Exodus 9:26

   The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.

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6. Joshua 10:41

   Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 10:411 voice

   “From Kadesh-barnea unto Gaza - Num 13:26 This limits Joshua’s conquests on the west, as the other line, “all the country of Goshen unto Gibeon,” does on the east. Goshen Jos 15:51 has not been identified. It was in the southern part of the territory of Judah, and is, of course, quite distinct from the Goshen of Gen 46:28.

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7. Joshua 11:16

   So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 11:162 voices

   “So Joshua took all that land--Here follows a general view of the conquest. The division of the country there into five parts; namely, the hills, the land of Goshen, that is, a pastoral land near Gibeon (Jos 10:41); the valley, the plains and the mountains of Israel, i. e., Carmel, rests upon a diversity of geographical positions, which is characteristic of the region.

   “The mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same - This place has given considerable trouble to commentators; and it is not easy to assign such a meaning to the place as may appear in all respects satisfactory. 1. If we consider this verse and the 21st to have been added after the times in which the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were divided, the difficulty is at once removed.

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8. Joshua 15:51

   Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 15:511 voice

   “And Goshen,.... Of Goshen in the land of Canaan; see Gill on Jos 10:41, and Holon, of which there is no other mention: and Giloh was the city of Ahitophel, 2Sa 15:12, eleven cities with their villages; the number agrees; this is the first division of cities in the mountains; a second follows.

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