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Exodus 9:26

Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no ice-storm.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Goshen;   Hail;   Israel;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Plague;   Rain;   Thunder;   Thompson Chain Reference - Immunity;   Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Sickness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Goshen;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Plague;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Goshen;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Goshen ;   Hail;   Miracles;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Plagues of egypt;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Plagues of egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Plagues, the Ten,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   Goshen (1);   Plagues of Egypt;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hail;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Yisra'el were, there was no hail.
King James Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Lexham English Bible
Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail.
New Century Version
The only place it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
New English Translation
Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail.
Amplified Bible
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel lived, was there no hail.
New American Standard Bible
Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Onely in the lande of Goshen (where the children of Israel were) was no haile.
Legacy Standard Bible
Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.
Contemporary English Version
Only Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was safe from the storm.
Complete Jewish Bible
But in the land of Goshen, where the people of Isra'el were, there was no hail.
Darby Translation
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Easy-to-Read Version
The only place that did not get hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
English Standard Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail.
George Lamsa Translation
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel dwelt, was there no hail.
Good News Translation
The region of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was the only place where there was no hail.
Christian Standard Bible®
The only place it didn’t hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.
Literal Translation
Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel lived , there was no hail.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
saue onely in the lande of Gosen, where the childre of Israel were, there it hayled not.
American Standard Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Only in the lande of Gosen where the chyldren of Israel were, was there no hayle.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
King James Version (1611)
Onely in the land of Goshen where the children of Israel were, was there no haile.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Only in the land of Gesem where the children of Israel were, the hail was not.
English Revised Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Berean Standard Bible
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
oonli the hail felde not in the lond of Gessen, where the sones of Israel weren.
Young's Literal Translation
only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel [are], there hath been no hail.
Update Bible Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.
Webster's Bible Translation
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel [were], there was no hail.
World English Bible
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
New King James Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
New Living Translation
The only place without hail was the region of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived.
New Life Bible
Only in the land of Goshen where the people of Israel were, there was no hail.
New Revised Standard
Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Only in the land of Goshen, where were the sons of Israel, was there no hail.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Only in the land of Gessen, where the children of Israel were, the hail fell not.
Revised Standard Version
Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, there was no hail.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.

Contextual Overview

22 And the Lord said to Moses, Now let your hand be stretched out to heaven so that there may be an ice-storm on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field through all the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was an ice-storm with fire running through it, coming down with great force, such as never was in all the land of Egypt from the time when it became a nation. 25 And through all the land of Egypt the ice-storm came down on everything which was in the fields, on man and on beast; and every green plant was crushed and every tree of the field broken. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no ice-storm. 27 Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have done evil this time: the Lord is upright, and I and my people are sinners. 28 Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer. 29 And Moses said, When I am gone outside the town, my hands will be stretched out to the Lord; the thunders and the ice-storm will come to an end, so that you may see that the earth is the Lord's. 30 But as for you and your servants, I am certain that even now the fear of the Lord God will not be in your hearts. 31 And the flax and the barley were damaged, for the barley was almost ready to be cut and the flax was in flower.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 8:22-32, Exodus 9:4, Exodus 9:6, Exodus 10:23, Exodus 11:7, Exodus 12:13, Isaiah 32:18, Isaiah 32:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:10 - in the land Genesis 47:1 - in the land Amos 4:7 - and I

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
Genesis 9:3
Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.
Genesis 9:10
And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
Genesis 9:23
And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.
Genesis 9:26
And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.
Genesis 27:37
And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?
Genesis 27:40
By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.
Deuteronomy 33:26
No other is like the God of Jeshurun, coming on the heavens to your help, and letting his glory be seen in the skies.
Psalms 144:15
Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
Romans 9:5
Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel [were], was there no hail. So that such Egyptians as might dwell among them, they, their servants, their cattle, and their fruits, escaped this plague; and oftentimes do wicked men fare the better for the people of God that are among them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a temporary, but real, change in Pharaoh’s feelings.

Exodus 9:14

All my plagues - This applies to all the plagues which follow; the effect of each was foreseen and foretold. The words “at this time” point to a rapid and continuous succession of blows. The plagues which precede appear to have been spread over a considerable time; the first message of Moses was delivered after the early harvest of the year before, when the Israelites could gather stubble, i. e. in May and April: the second mission, when the plagues began, was probably toward the end of June, and they went on at intervals until the winter; this plague was in February; see Exodus 9:31.

Exodus 9:15

For now ... - Better, For now indeed, had I stretched forth my hand and smitten thee and thy people with the pestilence, then hadst thou been cut off from the earth. Exodus 9:16 gives the reason why God had not thus inflicted a summary punishment once for all.

Exodus 9:16

Have I raised thee up - See the margin. God kept Pharaoh “standing”, i. e. permitted him to live and hold out until His own purpose was accomplished.

Exodus 9:18

A very grievous hail - The miracle consisted in the magnitude of the infliction and in its immediate connection with the act of Moses.

Exodus 9:19

In Egypt the cattle are sent to pasture in the open country from January to April, when the grass is abundant. They are kept in stalls for the rest of the year.

Exodus 9:20

The word of the Lord - This gives the first indication that the warnings had a salutary effect upon the Egyptians.

Exodus 9:27

The Lord - Thus, for the first time, Pharaoh explicitly recognizes Yahweh as God (compare Exodus 5:2).

Exodus 9:29

The earth is the Lord’s - This declaration has a direct reference to Egyptian superstition. Each god was held to have special power within a given district; Pharaoh had learned that Yahweh was a god, he was now to admit that His power extended over the whole earth. The unity and universality of the divine power, though occasionally recognized in ancient Egyptian documents, were overlaid at a very early period by systems alternating between Polytheism and Pantheism.

Exodus 9:31

The flax was bolled - i. e. in blossom. This marks the time. In the north of Egypt the barley ripens and flax blossoms about the middle of February, or at the latest early in March, and both are gathered in before April, when the wheat harvest begins. The cultivation of flax must have been of great importance; linen was preferred to any material, and exclusively used by the priests. It is frequently mentioned on Egyptian monuments.

Exodus 9:32

Rie - Rather, “spelt,” the common food of the ancient Egyptians, now called “doora” by the natives, and the only grain represented on the sculptures: the name, however, occurs on the monuments very frequently in combination with other species.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 9:26. Only in the land of Goshen - was there no hail. — What a signal proof of a most particular providence! Surely both the Hebrews and Egyptians profited by this display of the goodness and severity of God.


 
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