Genesis 41:3

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Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other cattle 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 land ruled by Pharaoh, where Joseph’s rise will unfold; the Nile, Egypt’s life-giving river, frames Pharaoh’s dream of cows emerging from its waters. Heliopolis, a major Egyptian religious center near the Nile, underscores the setting’s pagan court culture, though it is not named directly in this verse.

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Genesis 41:3 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Heliopolis — Heliopolis · Neithsabes