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Genesis 39:7

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It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

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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 had been taken as a slave and placed in Potiphar’s household. Its setting under an Egyptian official explains Joseph’s vulnerable position and the authority Potiphar’s wife sought to misuse in this temptation.

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Genesis 39:7 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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