Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail.
Parallel translations
- WEB Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
- KJV Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
- BSB The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
- NKJV Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
- NLT The only place without hail was the region of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived.
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Quick answer
Only Goshen, where Israel lived, was spared the hail. God again clearly distinguishes and protects his people.
Overview
The sparing of Goshen continues the pattern of divine distinction between Israel and Egypt. It testifies that the plagues are precisely targeted acts of the covenant God, not natural disasters. Israel's preservation in the midst of judgment foreshadows the protection of God's people at Passover. It pictures the security of those who belong to the Lord even as judgment falls around them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Exod 11:7But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
- Exod 10:23They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
- Exod 9:4Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”’”
- Exod 12:13The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
- Exod 9:6Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
- Exod 8:22–32I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Yahweh on the earth.
- Isa 32:18–19My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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