Genesis 46:34
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34 you are to say, ‘Your servants, both we and our ancestors, have raised livestock[a] from our youth until now.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to Egyptians.”(A)
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- 46:34 Lit fathers, are men of livestock
Genesis 47:1
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Pharaoh Welcomes Jacob
47 So Joseph went and informed Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the land of Goshen.”(A)
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Genesis 47:4
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4 And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to stay in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe.(A) So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.”
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Genesis 47:6
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6 the land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land.(A) They can live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”(B)
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Genesis 47:11
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11 Then Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the land of Rameses,(A) as Pharaoh had commanded.
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Genesis 47:27
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Israel Settles in Goshen
27 Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.(A)
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Genesis 50:8
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8 along with all Joseph’s family, his brothers, and his father’s family. Only their dependents, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.
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Exodus 8:22
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22 But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where my people are living;(A) no flies will be there. This way you will know that I, the Lord, am in the land.
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Joshua 10:41
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41 Joshua conquered everyone from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen(A) as far as Gibeon.
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