# Egypt, Egyptian

## Facts:

Egypt is a country in the northeast part of Africa, to the southwest of the land of Canaan. An Egyptian is a person who is from the country of Egypt.

* In ancient times, Egypt was a powerful and wealthy country.
* Ancient Egypt was divided into two parts, Lower Egypt (northern part where the Nile River flowed downward into the sea) and Upper Egypt (southern part). In the Old Testament, these parts are referred to as “Egypt” and “Pathros” in the original language text.
* Several times when there was little food in Canaan, Israel’s patriarchs traveled to Egypt to buy food for their families.
* For several hundred years, the Israelites were slaves in Egypt.
* Joseph and Mary went down to Egypt with the young child Jesus, to escape from Herod the Great.

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(See also: [Herod the Great](../names/herodthegreat.md), [Joseph (NT)](../names/josephnt.md), [Nile River](../names/nileriver.md), [patriarchs](../other/patriarchs.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Samuel 04:7-9](rc://en/tn/help/1sa/04/07)
* [Acts 07:10](rc://en/tn/help/act/07/10)
* [Exodus 03:07](rc://en/tn/help/exo/03/07)
* [Genesis 41:29](rc://en/tn/help/gen/41/29)
* [Genesis 41:57](rc://en/tn/help/gen/41/57)
* [Matthew 02:15](rc://en/tn/help/mat/02/15)

## Examples from the Bible stories:

* __[08:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/08/04)__ The slave traders took Joseph to __Egypt__. __Egypt__  was a large, powerful country located along the Nile River.
* __[08:08](rc://en/tn/help/obs/08/08)__ Pharaoh was so impressed with Joseph that he appointed him to be the second most powerful man in all of __Egypt__!
* __[08:11](rc://en/tn/help/obs/08/11)__ So Jacob sent his older sons to __Egypt __  to buy food.
* __[08:14](rc://en/tn/help/obs/08/14)__ Even though Jacob was an old man, he moved to __Egypt__  with all of his family, and they all lived there.
* __[09:01](rc://en/tn/help/obs/09/01)__ After Joseph died, all of his relatives stayed in __Egypt__.

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H4713, H4714, G124, G125
