Genesis 41:33

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Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

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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, centered on the Nile’s fertile floodplain, was the land Pharaoh governed and where Joseph advised storing grain against famine. Heliopolis, a major Egyptian religious and administrative center near the Nile delta, reflects the setting of Pharaoh’s court and the kingdom-wide scope of Joseph’s proposed administration.

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Genesis 41:33 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Heliopolis — Heliopolis · Neithsabes