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Goshen

Definition:

Goshen was the name of a fertile region of land 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, Nile River)

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