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Goshen
Definition:
Goshen is the name of a fertile region of land that was located along the Nile River in the northern part of Egypt.
- When Joseph was a ruler in Egypt, his father and brothers and their families came to live in Goshen to escape a famine in Canaan.
- They and their descendants lived well in Goshen for over 400 years, but then they were forced into slavery by the Egyptian pharaoh.
- Finally God sent Moses to help the people of Israel leave the land of Goshen and escape this slavery.
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(See also: egypt · famine · moses · nileriver)