Genesis 45:16

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The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

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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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Egypt was the kingdom where Joseph had risen to power and where Pharaoh welcomed his family; Canaan was the land where Jacob’s household still lived. Goshen, a fertile region within Egypt, would become the place Pharaoh offered them, enabling Joseph’s family to survive the famine under God’s providence.

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Genesis 45:16 mentions Canaan, Egypt and Goshen.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato