Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 8:22

22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, to the end that thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth .

Either 1. of the w[illegible: 1+ letters]e earth, and consequently of Egypt, that I am not o[illegible: 1+ letters]ly the Lord of Israel, but of thee and thy dominions too. God is here spoken of after the manner of earthly Princes, who use to reside in the midst of their Kingdomes that they may more conveniently rule and influence them. Or rather 2. of Goshen, the words being properly thus rendred, that I the Lord am in the midst of that land, to wit, the land of Goshen now spoken of, to defend and preserve it. For God is said to be in the midst of them whom he protects, Deut. 7. 21. and 23. 14. Ios. 3. 10. Psal. 46. 5. and not to be in the midst of others whom he forsakes and designs or threatens to destroy, Num. 14. 42. Deut. 1. 42. and 31. 17. Compare Exod. 33. 3. with 34. 9.

Marginal references: chap. 9. 4, 26. and 10. 23. and 12. 13.