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The patriarchs

Joseph's brothers come to buy grain

1707 BCUssher date

Genesis 42

Ten of Jacob's sons traveled to Egypt for grain and bowed before Joseph without recognizing him.

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.

Genesis 42:8 (World English Bible)

Joseph's boyhood dream came true as his brothers bowed to the ground before him. He tested them, accusing them of spying and holding Simeon until they returned with Benjamin. Overhearing them admit their guilt over what they had done to him, Joseph turned away and wept.

Places

EgyptCanaan

Dating notes

Ussher dates the first journey to 1707 BC, the first full year of the famine.

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