Genesis 41:36

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The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."

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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 vulnerable to the seven years of famine Joseph foretold; storing grain there would preserve the population. Heliopolis, a major Egyptian religious and administrative center near the Nile delta, reflects the setting in which Pharaoh’s court implemented this providential plan.

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Genesis 41:36 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Heliopolis — Heliopolis · Neithsabes