Toponym Goshen in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: approaching; drawing near. Related names are: Joseph, Israel, Egypt . The translations of Goshen in 19 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Gô-Sen in Vietnamese to গোশন in Bengali!
Wear it!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: (GEN 45:10)
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. (GEN 46:28)
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. (GEN 46:28)
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. (GEN 46:29)
That 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. (GEN 46:34)
Then 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. (GEN 47:1)
They 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. (GEN 47:4)
The 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. (GEN 47:6)
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. (GEN 47:27)
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. (GEN 50:8)
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. (EXO 8:22)
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. (EXO 9:26)
And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. (JOS 10:41)
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; (JOS 11:16)
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: (JOS 15:51)