Places
Goshen in Genesis 47
GOH-shun
This place shows up in Genesis 47:1: “Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Genesis 47:1
“Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.””
What kids can learn
When you hear goshen in Genesis, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Genesis 47:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Genesis 47:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThenwentinandtoldPharaoh,and“Myfatherandmybrothers,withtheirflocks,theirherds,andallthattheyown,havecomeoutofthelandofCanaan;andtheyareinthelandofGoshen.”