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Genesis 42:15

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Hereby you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother come here.

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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, where Joseph governed under Pharaoh, was the setting of his brothers’ testing during the famine. Canaan was their homeland, where their father Jacob and youngest brother Benjamin remained, making Benjamin’s required appearance central to proving their honesty.

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Genesis 42:15 mentions Canaan and Egypt.

Canaan · Bahnfrend
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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