King James Version
Exodus 9:26 in the King James Version says “Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.”
Exodus 9:26 · KJV
So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. mighty: Heb. voices of God
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
“of Goshen”
H1657goshen, the residence of the israelites in egypt; also a place in palestine
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“where the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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