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Addressing his brothers and all of his father's household, Yo•seiphꞋ announced, "I'll go back up to Ankh-Tawi,
and explain to Par•ohꞋ Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph
4th that you have come to me from ërꞋëtz Kᵊna•anꞋ. I must explain to him the reason you are herders of bovidae
and bâ•sârꞋ is because you are trader-merchants
and the herds are merely part of all of your belongings that you brought with you.
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When Par•ohꞋ Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph
4th inquires into your background,
you mustn't tell him, or other Egyptians, that you are herders of bovidae
because Egyptians understand herders of bovidae
to be a to•eiv•âhꞋ.![]()
Instead, you must answer that "Your workers have been trader-merchants
from our childhood until now – we and our fathers."
Then Yo•seiphꞋ took his father
and selected four of his brothers to accompany him as they caravanned northward to the palace of Par•ohꞋ
in Ankh-Tawi,
the capital of Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim, to update Par•ohꞋ Sa-hotep-ka-Ra En-yoteph
4th

Optional parental preparation:
What do you think might be involved for you and your family to prepare, and rehearse, to meet the head of the world's superpower (which Egypt was, and had, at that time, been for around 1,000 years)?
àÇðÀùÑÅé îÄ÷ÀðÆä – i.e., caravan traders, merchants, entrepreneurs ![]()
Questions you might anticipate that your child might raise and be prepared to discuss:
What does coach mean?
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