Genesis 41:54

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The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

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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 valley, was the land where Joseph’s administration stored grain during the seven abundant years and where famine then began. Heliopolis (On

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Genesis 41:54 mentions Egypt, Heliopolis and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Heliopolis — Heliopolis · Neithsabes