Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
GO'SHEN. The portion of Egypt assigned to Israel. Gen 45:5, Gen 45:10; Gen 46:28; Gen 47:27-50:8. It probably bordered on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, hence called Zoan or Tauis, Ps 78:12, and reached from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. It was suited to shepherds, abounded in vegetables. It contained the treasure-cities Rameses and Pithom, Goshen was near the royal capital. Gen 48:1-2; Ex 5:20; appears to have been the starting place of the Israelites in their journey to the Land of Promise. Ex 12:37-38. A district in Palestine, perhaps between Gibeon and Gaza. Josh 10:41; Num 11:16.
A city in the hill-country of Judah, Josh 15:51; perhaps now Sekiyeh.
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