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Genesis 39:4

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Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

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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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Egypt was the land where Joseph was taken as a slave after his brothers sold him. In Potiphar’s household there, Joseph’s faithful service led to his promotion, showing God’s providential care even while he lived far from his father’s home in Canaan.

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Genesis 39:4 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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