Place
Goshen
Approximate location. The area is clear, but the exact site is not.
The pasture land in the eastern Nile delta where Jacob's family settled. Jacob sent Judah ahead, and Joseph drove his chariot here to meet his father, and "fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while". The dot marks the region.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Judah, Genesis 46:28
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
- Jacob, Genesis 46:29
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Joseph (OT), Genesis 46:29
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).