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"V. 33. l And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh 

 shall call upon you, and shall say, What is your occu- 

 pation ? ' 



" V. 34.' That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade 

 hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, 

 both we, and also our fathers : that ye may dwell in 

 the land of Goshen.' 



" Gessen (Goshen)in Hebrew means Pasturage, and 

 it is worthy of note that in Arabic it is Guess. In the 

 old Ethiopian language sos means shepherd, and this 

 is probably the etymology of Suez. Thus the land of 

 Gessen, or Guess, and the Isthmus of Suez would be 

 denominations applying to the same places. We 

 know now that the dynasty of the Hiksos, which 

 reigned in Egypt signifies the dynasty of Armed 

 Shepherds. 



"Chap. 47, v. 4. 'Now therefore, we praythee, let 

 thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.' 



" V. 6. < The land of Egypt is before thee ; in the 

 best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; 

 in the land of Goshen let them dwell.' 



" Y. 11. ' And Joseph placed his father and breth- 

 ren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, 

 in the best of the land, in the land of Barneses, as 

 Pharaoh had commanded.' 



"Exodus, chap. 1, v. 7. ' And the children of Israel 

 were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multi- 

 plied, and waxed exceeding mighty ; and the land 

 was filled with them.' 



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