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goshen

/goh-shuhn/US // ˈgoʊ ʃən //UK // (ˈɡəʊʃən) //

戈申,戈森,戈谢,戈舍

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pastoral region in Lower Egypt, occupied by the Israelites before the Exodus. Genesis 45:10.
    • : a land or place of plenty and comfort.
    • : a city in northern Indiana.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Jacob was one hundred and thirty years of age when he came to dwell in the land of Goshen, and he lived seventeen years in Egypt.

  • In Goshen, at all events, the tribes of Israel would have been distinguished by the names of their actual forefathers.

  • They were but a small and despised body of public slaves, settled in Goshen, on the extreme skirts of the Egyptian territory.

  • Directed from Goshen jail to Governor Clinton, complaining of the state of his health and the closeness of his confinement.

  • Goshen was a goodly land, but Canaan had a dearer name—it was the land of their fathers, and of their brightest hopes.