Genesis 37:28

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Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

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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 find his brothers near Shechem and Dothan, while traders from Gilead were traveling south to Egypt. These places frame the brothers’ sale of Joseph, beginning his forced journey from the promised land into Egypt.

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Genesis 37:28 mentions Canaan, Dothan, Egypt, Gilead, Shechem and Valley of Hebron.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato