Genesis 41:43

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and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all 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 was the Nile-centered kingdom ruled by Pharaoh, where Joseph is publicly elevated to authority; the Nile sustained its agriculture and makes the coming famine especially significant. Heliopolis, likely Joseph’s later family connection through Potiphera’s priestly household, was a major Egyptian religious center near the Nile delta.

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Genesis 41:43 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Heliopolis — Heliopolis · Neithsabes