Genesis 40:15

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For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."

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Egypt was the land ruled by Pharaoh where Joseph had been taken as a slave and unjustly imprisoned. In this prison setting, Joseph tells Pharaoh’s cupbearer that he was forcibly taken from the Hebrews’ land and has done nothing deserving confinement.

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Genesis 40:15 mentions Egypt.

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