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Goshen

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Goshen, in the Bible

Goshen (gō`shən), in the Bible.

1 Fertile region of Egypt occupied by the Israelites.

2 Region, S ancient Palestine, conquered by Joshua.

3 Town of Judah.

Goshen, city, United States

Goshen, city (1990 pop. 23,797), seat of Elkhart co., N Ind., on the Elkhart River; inc. 1868. Goshen is in a farm and dairy region; poultry is also raised and processed. Its manufactures include agricultural, transportation, and electronic equipment and paper, rubber, metal, and wood products. Amish and Mennonite colonies are in the area. Goshen College is there.
Goshen
a region of ancient Egypt, east of the Nile delta: granted to Jacob and his descendants by the king of Egypt and inhabited by them until the Exodus (Genesis 45:10)
Goshen
Egyptian fertile land; salvation for Jacob’s family. [O.T.: Genesis 46:28]
See : Abundance
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One day, in the sick chamber of Father Ephraim, who had been forty years the presiding elder over the Shaker settlement at Goshen, there was an assemblage of several of the chief men of the sect.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
It's a bleak and barren country there, not like this land of Goshen you've been used to.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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