Biblical places

Goshen

The region in Egypt where Jacob's family settled and lived; its exact boundaries are not firmly established.

Sources and location confidence

Scholars differ on the exact extent within the eastern Nile Delta.

These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.

Genesis 45:10
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:
Exodus 8:22
And I will sever 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 the LORD in the midst of the earth.
Joshua 10:41
And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
Genesis 46:28
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Exodus 9:26
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Joshua 11:16
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;
Genesis 46:29
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
Joshua 15:51
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:

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