Genesis 44:18

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Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

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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, later identified with the promised land God had pledged to Abraham’s descendants. In this scene, Judah’s plea before Joseph is shaped by the family’s need to return from Egypt to Canaan with Benjamin, whose absence would devastate their father.

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Genesis 44:18 mentions Canaan.