Genesis 45:5-11

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[5] Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. [6] For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. [7] God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. [8] So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. [9] Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait. [10] You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. [11] There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'

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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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Genesis 45:5-11 mentions Canaan, Egypt and Goshen.

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