Genesis 50:5-9

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[5] 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'" [6] Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear." [7] Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt, [8] all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. [9] There went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.

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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 50:5-9 mentions Abel-mizraim, Atad, Canaan, Egypt, Goshen, Jordan, Machpelah and Mamre.

Photo of Abel-mizraim — Abel-mizraim · Davide Mauro

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato