The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz hamuvtakhat; Arabic: أرض الميعاد, translit.: ard al-mi'ad) is Middle Eastern land in the Levant that Abrahamic religions (which include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others) claim God promised and subsequently gave to Abraham (the legendary patriarch in ...

What is there about this land in particular for it to be made the homeland of the chosen people? The Bible sings the praises of the land’s abundance and its beauty, but there is nothing religious in that.

2022年3月3日 · Why Was This Land Promised to the Jews? The Jewish people, or the Hebrews, received the land of Israel because they were the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac, and through Isaac’s son Jacob.

The land is often referred to as the Promised Land because of G-d's repeated promise (Gen. 12:7, Gen. 13:15, Gen. 15:18, Gen. 17:8) to give the land to the descendants of Abraham. The land is described repeatedly in the Torah as a good …

Five verses later, that land is given a name: Canaan. God then appears to Abraham and promises that land to his offspring. Though this promise appears unconditional, later sections of the Bible are clear that possession of the land depends on the Israelites’ behavior.

According to the Book of Genesis, the land was first promised by God to Abram 's descendants; the text is explicit that this is a covenant between God and Abram for his descendants (Gen 15:18–21 (NIV): "On that day the LORD made a covenant").

2022年1月4日 · The Jewish people lay claim to the land because they first held possession of it millennia ago and because God directly gave them the land, as recorded in the Bible. In Genesis 12:7, God promises Abram, who had just arrived in Canaan, “To your offspring I …