Kejadian 46:28

46:28 Jacob ¹  sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. ²  So they came to the land of Goshen.

Kejadian 46:34--47:1

46:34 Tell him, ‘Your servants have taken care of cattle ³  from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen, ⁴  for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting ⁵  to the Egyptians.”

Joseph’s Wise Administration

47:1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of

Canaan. They are now ⁶  in the land of Goshen.”

Kejadian 47:11

47:11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory ⁷  in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, ⁸  just as Pharaoh had commanded.

Kejadian 47:27

47:27 Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

Kejadian 50:8

50:8 all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

[46:28]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[46:28]  ² tn Heb “to direct before him to Goshen.”

[46:34]  ³ tn Heb “your servants are men of cattle.”

[46:34]  ⁴ sn So that you may live in the land of Goshen. Joseph is apparently trying to stress to Pharaoh that his family is self-sufficient, that they will not be a drain on the economy of Egypt. But they will need land for their animals and so Goshen, located on the edge of Egypt, would be a suitable place for them to live. The settled Egyptians were uneasy with nomadic people, but if Jacob and his family settled in Goshen they would represent no threat.

[46:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “is an abomination.” The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “abomination”) describes something that is loathsome or off-limits. For other practices the Egyptians considered disgusting, see Gen 43:32 and Exod 8:22.

[47:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look they [are] in the land of Goshen.” Joseph draws attention to the fact of their presence in Goshen.

[47:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “a possession,” or “a holding.” Joseph gave them a plot of land with rights of ownership in the land of Goshen.

[47:11]  ⁸ sn The land of Rameses is another designation for the region of Goshen. It is named Rameses because of a city in that region (Exod 1:11; 12:37). The use of this name may represent a modernization of the text for the understanding of the intended readers, substituting a later name for an earlier one. Alternatively, there may have been an earlier Rameses for which the region was named.