Lexical Definition

‎גֹּשֶׁן‎ Gôshen (go'-shen) Goshen ^N:N--L
probably of Egyptian origin

Goshen.

• § Goshen = "drawing near"
• Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt
• also a place in Palestine

1) 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
2) a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon
3) a town in the mountains of Judah probably in the district of Goshen

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גּ֫שֶׁן‎ proper name, of a location (on etymology compare Di Gen 45:10) —

1. district in Egypt east of lower Nile, see Eb^{GS 500 ff.}; Naville^{Goshen, 1887,} who reads hieroglyphics Kesem, but compare Groff^{JAs xiv. 527} (ᵐ5 Γεσεμ (Ἀραβιας)) — ‎אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן‎ Gen 45:10 (JE) Gen 46:34; Gen 47:1; Gen 47:4; Gen 47:6; Gen 47:27; Gen 50:8; Exod 8:18*; Exod 9:26 (all J); ‎אַ֫רְצָה גּשֶׁן‎ Gen 46:28 (J), ‎גּ֑שְׁנָה‎ vGen 46:28 vGen 46:29 (both J), in both ᵐ5 καθ’ Ἡρώων πόλιν compare Di. (P has land ‎רעמסס‎ Gen 47:11 etc., compare Di Gen 45:10.

2. ‎ארץ‎ ‎הַגּשֶׁן‎ Josh 11:16 (D), ‎אֶרֶץ גּשֶׁן‎ Josh 10:41 (D), ‎גּשֶׁן‎ Josh 15:51 (P) (ᵐ5 in all Γοσομ) a city named with ‎חֹלֹן‎ & ‎גִּלֹה‎ compare Di. — not clearly located, but on southern border of Judah.

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Goshen_1 • A region in Egypt where the Israelites settled and prospered.

Goshen was the region in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled during the time of Joseph, and where the Israelites lived and prospered until the Exodus (Genesis 45:10; 46:28-29, 34; 47:1, 4, 6, 27; 50:8; Exodus 8:22; 9:26).

• A location first mentioned at Gen.45.10;
• only referred to as Goshen גֹּשֶׁן.
  

Goshen was a fertile region in the eastern Nile Delta of Egypt, where Israel (or 'Jacob') and his family settled during the time of Joseph. When Joseph, as a high official in Egypt, invited his father and brothers to come to Egypt due to the famine in Canaan, he suggested that they settle in Goshen (Genesis 45:10). Jacob sent Judah ahead to meet Joseph and be directed to Goshen (Genesis 46:28-29). The Israelites presented themselves to Pharaoh and requested to settle in Goshen as shepherds (Genesis 46:34; 47:1, 4). Pharaoh granted their request and allowed them to live in the best part of the land of Goshen (Genesis 47:6). The Israelites prospered and multiplied greatly in Goshen (Genesis 47:27). During the plagues that God sent upon Egypt, Goshen was spared from the swarms of flies and the plague of hail (Exodus 8:22; 9:26). At the time of the Exodus, the Israelites left Egypt from the region of Goshen (Genesis 50:8). The exact location of Goshen is not specified in the Bible, but it is believed to be in the eastern part of the Nile Delta, possibly in the Wadi Tumilat area.

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