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Scripture tells us that Abram believed God and left the Ur of the Chaldeans, the place of his birth (Genesis 11:31; 15:7). In Genesis 50:24, Joseph calls the land that God promised to Abraham “the land which He promised on an oath to Abraham.”. Yet, nowhere in the Bible is that land called the “promised land.”.
The map on this page shows how the Promised Land was divided and occupied amongst the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribes are named after the sons of Jacob. The patriarch had his name changed to Israel after wrestling with and prevailing over an angel (see Genesis 32). The tribe of Levi is missing from our map because they and their descendants ...
The Boundaries of the Promised Land. The original boundaries of the Promised Land as defined in Numbers 34 are somewhat different from the boundaries of the land that the Israelites eventually occupied. The original boundaries included the mountainous area north of Sidon and Damascus, but the Israelites never occupied this area during the ...
Map showing one interpretation of the borders of the Promised Land, based on God’s promise to Abraham (Genesis 15). Boundaries of the ‘Promised Land’ given by Jerome c.400
The original boundaries of the Promised Land as defined in Numbers 34 are somewhat different from the boundaries of the land that the Israelites eventually occupied. The original boundaries included the mountainous area north of Sidon and Damascus, but the Israelites never occupied this area during the settlement period. Conversely, the ...
Map of Promised Land Boundaries. God to Abraham: "It's all yours." Get a larger copy of this map and a license to use it in your presentation, book or website. Abraham's Promised Land Plus. Bible Book: Genesis Type: Maps Location: Asher, Canaan, Israel, Promised Land boundaries Era: Israel’s founding fathers. Promised Land Boundaries.
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 ...
