Land of Goshen - wikipedia Land of Goshen Coordinates : 30 ° 52 ′ 20 '' N 31 ° 28 ′ 39 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 30.87222 ° N 31.47750 ° E ﻿ / 30.87222 ; 31.47750 See also : Goshen ( disambiguation ) The Land of Goshen ( Hebrew : אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן ‬ or ארץ גושן ‬ Eretz Gošen ) is named in the Bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph ( Genesis 45 : 9 - 10 ), and the land from which they later left Egypt at the time of the Exodus. It was located in the eastern Delta of the Nile. Contents 1 Meaning of the name 2 Goshen in Egypt 3 Identification 4 References 5 External links Meaning of the name If the Septuagint reading `` Gesem '' is correct, the word, which in its Hebrew form has no known meaning, may mean `` cultivated '' -- comparing the Arabic root j - š - m, `` to labor ''. Egyptologists have suggested a connection with the Egyptian word qas, meaning `` inundated land '' because Goshen was apparently the same region, called by the Greeks the `` Arabian nome, '' which had its capital at Phakousa representing the Egyptian Pa - qas ( Brugsch, Geog., I, 298 ), the name of a town, with the determinative for `` pouring forth ''. Donald Redford, while not disputing the location of Goshen, gives a different origin for the name, deriving it from `` Gasmu, '' the rulers of the Bedouin Qedarites who occupied the eastern Delta from the 7th century BC, but John Van Seters thinks this unlikely. Goshen in Egypt Goshen According to the Joseph narrative in the Book of Genesis, the sons of Jacob ( Israel ) who were living in Hebron, experienced a severe famine that lasted seven years. Word was that Egypt was the only kingdom able to supply food, and thus the sons of Jacob ( Israel ) journeyed there to buy goods. In the second year of famine, the Vizier of Egypt, Joseph, invited the sons of Israel to live in Egyptian territory. They settled in the country of Goshen. Goshen is described as the best land in Egypt, suitable for both crops and livestock. It has been suggested that this location may have been somewhat apart from Egypt, because Genesis 46 : 34 states, `` Ye may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. '' After the death of Joseph and those of his generation, the following generations of Israelites had become populous in number. The Egyptians feared potential integration or takeover, so they enslaved the Israelites and took away their human rights. Approximately four hundred and thirty years later, Moses was called to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, from Goshen to Succoth, the first waypoint of the Exodus. They pitched at 41 locations crossing the Nile Delta, to the last station being the plains of Moab. Identification Pithom Raamses On Locations of Pithom, Raamses and On ( Heliopolis ) in northern Egypt In 1885 E.H. Naville identified Goshen as the 20th nome of Egypt, located in the eastern Delta, and known as `` Gesem '' or `` Kesem '' during the Twenty - sixth dynasty of Egypt ( 672 - 525 BC ). It covered the western end of the Wadi Tumilat, the eastern end being the district of Succoth, which had Pithom as its main town, extended north as far as the ruins of Piramesse ( the `` land of Rameses '' ), and included both crop land and grazing land. References Jump up ^ `` www.Bibler.org - Dictionary - Goshen ''. 2012 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Donald Redford, `` Perspective on the Exodus '', pp. 139 - 140, quoted in John Van Seters, `` The Geography of the Exodus, '' in Silberman, Neil Ash ( editor ), The Land That I Will Show You : Essays in History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Honor of J. Maxwell Miller ( Sheffield Academic Press, 1997 ) fn. 37, p. 269 Jump up ^ Genesis 45 : 11 Jump up ^ Mehler, S. From Light Into Darkness : The Evolution of Religion in Ancient Egypt, ( ISBN 978 - 1 - 931882 - 49 - 1 ), 2005, p. 133 Jump up ^ Joseph may also have been Co-regent with the Pharaoh as indicated by Genesis 44 : 18 - Josephus. The Antiquities of the Jews, Book II, 7.1. 168 Jump up ^ Genesis 46 : 34, 47 : 27 Jump up ^ Ex. 12 : 40 - 41, Gal. 3 : 17 Jump up ^ Numbers 33 : 5 Jump up ^ numbers 22 : 1, 33 : 48 - 50 Jump up ^ John Van Seters, `` The Geography of the Exodus, '' in Silberman, Neil Ash ( editor ), The Land That I Will Show You : Essays in History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Honor of J. Maxwell Miller ( Sheffield Academic Press, 1997 ) P. 267 - 269, ISBN 978 - 1850756507 External links Macalister, R.A. Stewart ( 1911 ). `` Goshen, a division of Egypt settled by the Israelites between Jacob 's immigration and the Exodus ''. 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Question: where is the land of goshen in egypt
Answer: in the eastern Delta of the Nile