1. Egypt vs. Canaan

2. Structure of Society in Canaan

Mesopotamia, the area where Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaacov, come from had many city-states

Each city-state had a major god it worshipped and some minor gods it honored as well

Each city-state had a ruler named anensi

There were priests, noblemen, commoners and slaves in the city-states

3. The Avot were from tribes

Tribes were a big part of Mesopotamian life

Tribes were nomadic or semi-nomadic

The Avot were semi-nomadic; they were shepherds.

4. Tribes

Tribes were organized like a family

Members of the tribe were close and looked out for each other

They had a leader a male leader who ran the tribe

They had rules about how to get along well with other people in the tribe

5. What Were Canaanites Like?

Canaanites were Semites

Semites have beards

They wear colorful clothing

They use donkeys and sheep to transport their property

Note how many musical instruments are shown here!

6. What Was Egypt Like?

Egypt was an empire

It was ruled by a king, a pharaoh,

The pharaoh was considered a god, a sun god

7. 8. There Were Many Levels ofEgyptian Society 9. Scribes Were an Important Part of Life in Egypt . . . 10. . . . So Were Priests

Priests had to appease the gods

The priests had to figure out what the gods wanted

Priests did jobs like record the flood levels of the Nile

11. Sumerian votive statues People in the ancient Near East wore fringed robes Egyptian priests wore robes of linen 12. Workers in Egypt 13. So How Would a Canaanitedo in Egypt?

32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

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Bereishit 43:32 14.

Egyptians didnt like foreigners

Foreigners from Ramesses III Temple at Medinet Habu 15. One More Thing Egyptians Were Neurotic About . . .

Herodotus wrote:

They are very careful to wear newly-washed linen all the time. They circumcise their children for the sake of cleanliness, they would rather be clean than better looking.

Barber shaving the head of a soldier Tomb of Userhat, 18th dynasty Source: V. Easy 16. Do you think it would have been easy or hard for a Canaanite to adjust to Egypt?