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Genesis 41:17

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Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:

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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 is the kingdom ruled by Pharaoh, where Joseph is summoned to interpret the royal dream; the Nile, Egypt’s life-giving river, forms the setting of the dream’s imagery about coming abundance and famine. Heliopolis, also called On

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Genesis 41:17 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Heliopolis · Neithsabes
Nile · René Hourdry

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