region

Land of Goshen

Modern Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt
Coordinates 30.7800, 31.5500 View modern location ↗
Eras The PatriarchsExodus and the Wilderness

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Jordan River — The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan borderJordan RiverRed Sea (Yam Suph) — Northern arm of the Red Sea, including possibly the Bitter LakesRed Sea (Yam Suph)Mount Sinai (Horeb) — Jebel Musa, southern Sinai Peninsula (traditional)Mount Sinai (Horeb)Kadesh-barnea — Ein el-Qudeirat, eastern Sinai (proposed)Kadesh-barneaHaran — Harran, southeastern TürkiyeHaranUr of the Chaldees — Tell el-Muqayyar, southern IraqUr of the ChaldeesBethel — Beitin, West Bank (proposed)BethelHebron — Hebron, West BankHebronDamascus — Damascus, SyriaDamascusBethlehem — Bethlehem, West BankBethlehemBeersheba — Tel Be'er Sheva, Negev, IsraelBeershebaShechem — Tell Balata, near Nablus, West BankShechemLand of Goshen — Eastern Nile Delta, EgyptLand of Goshen
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The fertile delta region where Joseph settled his family and where the Israelites grew into a great people during the four hundred years before the Exodus. Spared from several of the plagues. Pi-Ramesse and Pithom are likely the cities Israel built (Ex 1:11).

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