Genesis 37:26

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Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

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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 traveled within Canaan from the Valley of Hebron through Shechem to Dothan, where his brothers sold him to traders from Gilead bound for Egypt. These places trace the immediate setting of Judah’s proposal and the providential beginning of Joseph’s descent into Egypt.

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Genesis 37:26 mentions Canaan, Dothan, Egypt, Gilead, Shechem and Valley of Hebron.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato