Genesis 43:2

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It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

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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’s family lived, facing a severe famine. Egypt, governed by Pharaoh and supplied with grain through Joseph’s administration, was the place Jacob’s sons had to return to buy food, making their dependence on God’s providence and Joseph’s terms unavoidable.

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Genesis 43:2 mentions Canaan and Egypt.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato