Creation year 2214 · Working Gregorian conversion 1710/1709 BC · Joseph
Joseph is seventeen during Creation year 2214, and the sale into Egypt is placed in that year.
King James Version
“Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren. Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.”
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