Genesis 37:14

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He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.

The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Hebron and Shechem lay in Canaan, where Jacob sent Joseph to check on his brothers; Dothan, farther north, became the place of Joseph’s capture and sale. Gilead and Egypt enter the immediate narrative through the caravan route, marking God’s providential movement of Joseph toward Egypt.

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Genesis 37:14 mentions Canaan, Dothan, Egypt, Gilead, Shechem and Valley of Hebron.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato