Genesis 42:2

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He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."

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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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Canaan was the land where Jacob and his sons lived, later identified with the land promised to Abraham’s descendants. Egypt, southwest of Canaan along the Nile, had grain during the famine, so Jacob directed his sons there to buy food.

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Genesis 42:2 mentions Canaan and Egypt.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato