in the land of Goshen] Herein Joseph sheweth his modestie, prudence, and goodnesse, in that he would not place them in the Court where they might be corrupted with ill manners. abomination] God suffereth the world to hate his, that they may forsake the filth of the world, and cleave to him: and they were an abomination because they did kill and eate those creatures which the Egyptians did adore as Gods: See Exodus 8:26. Yet the Egyptians nourished such cattell, though not for meat, or sacrifice, yet for delight and profit by their milke and wooll, and manuring of the ground, and by passing them by bargaine and commerce. See Annot. on Chap. 43. 5: 32.