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| Joseph |
according to the Old Testament, the favorite son of Jacob who was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, only to become the interpreter of dreams and chief administrator for the pharaoh of Egypt. [1/2 definitions] |
| Sesheshet |
the mother of King Teti, the Egyptian ruler who was the first pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty in the third millenium B.C.E. |
| Teti |
the first pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, reigning in the middle of the third millenium B.C.E. (2345 B.C.E.?-- 2333 B.C.E?). |
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