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Go·shen
/ˈgoʃən/
肥沃的土地
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Goshen
(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
(
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).
(2.)
A
district
in
Palestine
(
Josh
. 10:41; 11:16).
It
was
a
part
of
the
maritime
plain
of
Judah
,
and
lay
between
Gaza
and
Gibeon
.
(3.)
A
town
in
the
mountains
of
Judah
(
Josh
. 15:51).
From:
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Goshen
,
approaching
;
drawing
near
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