Genesis 44:12

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He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

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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 before the famine drove them to Egypt for grain. In this episode, Benjamin’s return to Canaan matters because his father Jacob’s welfare and the family’s covenant-line future are bound up with him.

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Genesis 44:12 mentions Canaan.