CNN Back to the Beginning-Amanpour December 16, 2013 06:36:00
>> and the story of joseph answers one of those questions. he interpreted the pharaoh's dream that a great famine would sweep the land. >> indeed, joseph in egypt is able to predict a cycle of famine and prepare for it during a cycle of plenty. >> the nile's ability to provide for humanity is as abundant now as it was in biblical times. today, 95% of egypt's population of 80 million people lives along its banks. this is what you can see from space at night. lights show life clinging to the desert river. plenty of reason for the israelites to venture into egypt from the vast surrounding deserts...