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Genesis 42:4

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But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."

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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 family lived, while Egypt was the neighboring kingdom with grain during the famine. Jacob sent his sons from Canaan to Egypt to buy food, but kept Benjamin home, fearing that harm might come to him.

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Genesis 42:4 mentions Canaan and Egypt.

Canaan · Bahnfrend
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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