Goshen (Joshua 10)
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Other places named Goshen: Goshen, Goshen (Joshua 15).
| Type | region |
|---|---|
| Most likely | about 20 km around Goshen (Joshua 15) (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.408° N, 34.972° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Joshua 10:41 |
Goshen (Joshua 10) is a region named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely about 20 km around Goshen (Joshua 15) (medium confidence; 1 other proposal below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| about 20 km around Goshen (Joshua 15) | medium (45%) | 31.408° N, 34.972° E |
| another name for Goshen | very low (-10%) | 30.799° N, 31.834° E |
Verses
Joshua
- Joshua 10:41And Joshua smote them from Kadesh–barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
- Joshua 11:16So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.