Genesis 37:21

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Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his life."

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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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Joseph had come from the Valley of Hebron in Canaan to seek his brothers, first at Shechem and then near Dothan, where Reuben intervened to spare him. The nearby traders from Gilead were traveling to Egypt, setting in

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Genesis 37:21 mentions Canaan, Dothan, Egypt, Gilead, Shechem and Valley of Hebron.

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