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Genesis 40:9

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The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of 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 later imprisoned under Pharaoh’s authority. In this setting, Pharaoh’s chief cupbearer recounts his dream to Joseph, beginning the events through which Joseph’s God-given interpretation would affect Egypt’s royal court.

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Genesis 40:9 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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