Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Goshen?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Dahriya.

First appears in Joshua 10:41 · 1 books · 2 chapters

Overview

(1. ) A district in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled, and in which they remained till the Exodus (Gen. 45:10; 46:28, 29, 31, etc. ). Modern identification: Dahriya.

Goshen is represented in the local geography layer as Dahriya. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 10:41 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 40 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 68 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 68 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Goshen today

Travel to Goshen, the modern-day Dahriya.

Goshen is commonly identified with Dahriya, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Goshen is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Dahriya

about 20 km around Dahriya

31.408°N · 34.972°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions