Genesis 41:18

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and, behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat-fleshed and well-favored. They fed in the reed-grass,

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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 land ruled by Pharaoh, where Joseph interprets the royal dreams that foretell famine; the Nile’s annual flooding was central to Egypt’s grain harvests, making the dream’s imagery especially alarming. Heliopolis, near the Nile in northern Egypt, was a major religious center associated with Pharaoh’s courtly world.

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Genesis 41:18 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Heliopolis — Heliopolis · Neithsabes