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Genesis 37:4

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His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

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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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Genesis 37:4 mentions Canaan, Dothan, Egypt, Gilead, Shechem and Valley of Hebron.

Canaan · Bahnfrend
Dothan · Netanel h
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Gilead · Adeeb Atwan

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