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Genesis 47:13

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There was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

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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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Places in this passage

Genesis 47:13 mentions Canaan, Egypt, Goshen and Rameses.

Canaan · Bahnfrend
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Goshen · Didia
Rameses · Sailko

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