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Genesis 41:39

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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.

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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 was the Nile-centered kingdom where Pharaoh recognized that God had given Joseph wisdom to administer the coming famine. Heliopolis (biblical On), a major Egyptian

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Genesis 41:39 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Heliopolis · Neithsabes
Nile · René Hourdry

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