Goshen
גֹּ֫שֶׁןStrong’s H1657goshen (go-shen)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Goshen is the Hebrew word usually translated “goshen” and “goshen towards”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
- § Goshen = "drawing near"
- A district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon
How it's translated
- goshen 12
- goshen towards 2
- and goshen 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 9
- Joshua 3
- Exodus 2
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 46:28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 46:29And 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.
- Genesis 46:34That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Genesis 47:1Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 47:4They 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.
- Genesis 47:6The 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.
Hebrew dictionary
גֹּ֫שֶׁן goshen · Goshen
§ Goshen = "drawing near" a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses
גֹּ֫שֶׁן goshen · Goshen
§ Goshen = "drawing near" 1) a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.