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Genesis 41:46

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Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout 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 land ruled by Pharaoh, where Joseph entered royal service at age thirty; Heliopolis was a major Egyptian city associated with the priestly family Joseph married into, and the Nile was Egypt’s life-giving river. Together they locate Joseph’s rise within Egypt’s administrative and religious world.

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Genesis 41:46 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Heliopolis · Neithsabes
Nile · René Hourdry

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