Genesis 45:17

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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

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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 land promised to Abraham’s descendants. Egypt was the kingdom where Joseph held authority; Goshen, a fertile region within Egypt, would provide a place for Jacob’s household to settle during the famine.

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Genesis 45:17 mentions Canaan, Egypt and Goshen.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato