[PAR] [TLE] Joseph (Genesis) [SEP] Joseph ( ; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף‎ meaning "Increase", "Yosef" "Yôsēp̄"; Arabic: يوسف‎ ‎ "Yūsuf" or "Yūsif"; Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ "Iōsēph") is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis and also in the Quran.  Sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, he rose to become vizier, the second most powerful man in Egypt next to Pharaoh, where his presence and office caused Israel to leave Canaan and settle in Egypt.  The composition of the story can be dated to the period between the 7th century BCE and the third quarter of the 5th century BCE, which is roughly the period to which scholars date the Book of Genesis. [PAR] [TLE] Canaan [SEP] Canaan ( ; Northwest Semitic: "knaʿn "; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍; <a href="Biblical%20Hebrew">Biblical Hebrew</a>/<a href="Masoretic">Masoretic</a>: "Kənā‘an ; Ḵənā‘an") was a <a href="Semitic%20languages">Semitic</a>-speaking region in the <a href="Ancient%20Near%20East">Ancient Near East during the late <a href="2nd%20millennium%20BC">2nd millennium BC</a>.  In the Bible it corresponds to the Levant, in particular to the areas of the Southern Levant that provide the main setting of the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, i.e., the area of Israel, Philistia, Phoenicia, and other nations.
[PAR] [TLE] Joseph ( Genesis ) [ SEP ] Joseph ( ; Hebrew : יוֹסֵף‎ meaning " Increase " , " Yosef " " Yôsēp̄ " ; Arabic : يوسف‎ ‎ " Yūsuf " or " Yūsif " ; Ancient Greek : Ἰωσήφ " Iōsēph " ) is an important figure in the Bible 's Book of Genesis and also in the Quran . Sold into slavery by his jealous brothers , he rose to become vizier , the second most powerful man in Egypt next to Pharaoh , where his presence and office caused Israel to leave Canaan and settle in Egypt . The composition of the story can be dated to the period between the 7th century BCE and the third quarter of the 5th century BCE , which is roughly the period to which scholars date the Book of Genesis . [PAR] [TLE] Canaan [ SEP ] Canaan ( ; Northwest Semitic : " knaʿn " ; Phoenician : 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 ; < a href="Biblical%20Hebrew">Biblical Hebrew</a>/<a href="Masoretic">Masoretic</a > : " Kənā‘an ; Ḵənā‘an " ) was a < a href="Semitic%20languages">Semitic</a>-speaking region in the < a href="Ancient%20Near%20East">Ancient Near East during the late < a href="2nd%20millennium%20BC">2nd millennium BC</a>. In the Bible it corresponds to the Levant , in particular to the areas of the Southern Levant that provide the main setting of the narrative of the Hebrew Bible , i.e. , the area of Israel , Philistia , Phoenicia , and other nations .
Joseph's office in Egypt caused Israel to leave this area of the Levant?
Joseph 's office in Egypt caused Israel to leave this area of the Levant ?
Canaan
Canaan