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Land of Goshen



The Land of Goshen (Hebrew גֹּשֶׁן, Standard Hebrew Góšen, Tiberian Hebrew Gōšen) is the region around the city with the modern name Fakus in the eastern Nile delta in Egypt referenced in the Biblical story of Joseph. In the Septuagint it is called Gesan, by Artapanus called Kessan, from Egyptian Gesem.



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