“gessen” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word gessen appears 10 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 10 matching verses are shown below.
- Genesis 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast.
- Genesis 46:28 And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen.
- Genesis 46:34 You shall answer: We, thy servants, are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.
- Genesis 47:1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharao, saying: My father and brethren, their sheep and their herds, and all that they possess, are come out of the land of Chanaan: and behold they stay in the land of Gessen.
- Genesis 47:4 We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.
- Genesis 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.
- Genesis 47:27 So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it; and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly.
- Genesis 50:8 And the house of Joseph with his brethren, except their children, and their flocks and herds, which they left in the land of Gessen.
- Exodus 8:22 And I will make the land of Gessen wherein my people is, wonderful in that day, so that flies shall not be there: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
- Exodus 9:26 Only in the land of Gessen, where the children of Israel were, the hail fell not.