Genesis 43:8

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Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.

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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, later identified with the promised land of Israel; Egypt, to its southwest, was the source of grain during the famine. Judah urges Jacob to send Benjamin from Canaan to Egypt so the family can obtain food and survive.

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Genesis 43:8 mentions Canaan and Egypt.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato