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Where is Goshen in the Bible?

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. Goshen appears in 9 verses across 2 books of the Bible.

What happened at Goshen?

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.

Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.

Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.

Where does Goshen appear in the Bible?

Goshen is referenced in 9 verses across 2 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

Genesis 7Exodus 2

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Goshen.

JosephEgyptHailJudahPharaohCanaan

Common questions

How many times does the Bible mention Goshen?

Goshen appears in 9 verses across 2 books, most often in Genesis, which accounts for 7 of them.

Which books of the Bible mention Goshen?

Genesis, Exodus.

Where can I read every verse about Goshen?

This page lists 9 of them. Protos carries all 9, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.

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