Monday, April 7, 2014

What land was Jacob/Israel inhabiting before the capturing of Joseph led the Hebrews to the land of Egypt?

Jacob and his family were living in the land of Canaan
when Joseph was was left in a pit by his brothers and sold into slavery in Egypt. I have
attached a couple of maps of ancient Canaan so that you can see its geographical area.
One of the maps, from National Geographic, shows the modernday land divisions and
indicates key biblical sites.


The Hebrews did not go into
Egypt because of Joseph's capture. There was a terrible drought and famine in Canann, so
Jacob sent his sons to Egypt to buy grain. They all believed that Joseph was long dead
and were very surprised to discover that he had become an important and powerful person
in Egypt. Joseph had becoame known as an interpreter of dreams, and pharoah released him
from slavery to be vizier over grain disbursement. It was because of his brothers'
jealousy, which led to his enslavement, that Joseph was free to save his family from the
famine.

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