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Genesis 40:23

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Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot 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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Egypt was the land where Joseph had been taken as a slave and later imprisoned. In this setting, Pharaoh’s cupbearer forgot Joseph after his restoration, delaying Joseph’s deliverance until God’s appointed time.

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Genesis 40:23 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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