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Goshenגשנ

go'-shen · Patriarchs/Conquest

In the Bible

A biblical toponym — Goshen — attested in Gen 46:28 (12 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible).

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Gen 46:28

וְאֶת־יְהוּדָ֞ה שָׁלַ֤ח לְפָנָיו֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף לְהוֹרֹ֥ת לְפָנָ֖יו גֹּ֑שְׁנָה וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אַ֥רְצָה גֹּֽשֶׁן׃

He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to point the way before him to Goshen. So when they came to the region of Goshen,

Facts

Typeplace (toponym)
Biblical periodPatriarchs/Conquest
Gematria353
Letters3 consonants

Stellar letters

The 3-consonant name needs its 1 distinct simple-letter to be occupied in the sky. The 7 classical bodies open a sign → its Hebrew simple letter; this name reads only when the planets sit in exactly these signs.

נ
Scorpio · Nun

Readable on these rare conjunctions

Goshen appears in the stellar reading on 4 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.

DatePrecessional eraOccupied letters |O|
21 Oct 6352 BCECancer3
5 Nov 4018 BCEGemini1
9 Nov 958 BCEAries2
12 Jan 1994Pisces3