Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

I have already expressed my opinion here that GOSHEN is a variant  
(possibly an intentional fudge by later editors) of KOSHEN, the land  
of KUSH (related to KASHAH, QASHAH, GUSH and GAZIT, 'mass, lump'. See  
Job 7:5), or Ethiopia and southward, and that the crossing from  
Africa to Asia took place at bab el mandeb.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:13 AM, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

> to help confirm that Biblical “Goshen” in the Patriarchal
> narratives may be Egyptian nome 14:  Qis/Kis, in central Egypt.