12 The manna stopped the day after they had eaten the produce of the land. There was no more manna for the Israelites, but that same year they ate the produce of the land of Canaan. 13 Worship at Jericho.[t] As Joshua drew near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in fro...
1.Also calledHoly Land.Biblical name,Canaan.an ancient land in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean. 2.a former British mandate (1923–48) comprising part of this country, divided between Israel, Jordan, and Egypt in 1948: the Jordanian and Egyptian parts were occupied by Israel ...
Promised Land - an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism Canaan, Holy Land, Palestine Juda, Judah - an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center Judaea, Judea - the...
The promise to bring Jacob back to the land is significant in the context of the Abrahamic covenant. The land of Canaan was promised to Abraham and his descendants, and this assurance to Jacob reaffirms God's faithfulness to His covenant. Historically, this promise foreshadows the eventual ...
These lands were places of captivity and servitude, contrasting sharply with the freedom and prosperity promised in the land of Canaan. Theologically, this exile represents the consequences of sin and the loss of divine protection and blessing. where they are todayThis concluding phrase serves as a...
3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went ...
Immigrants in the land of Canaan - The LORD spoke to Moses: Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land where you will live,
38I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40but as ...
" 3 Is it 1 The Biblical texts used in this paper are taken from either the RSV or the KJV. 2 The bounds of ancient Canaan include all of Palestine west of the Jordan, and extend up the Phoenician Coast at least as far north as Ugarit and the Orontes valley. For recent ...
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob… Joshua 24:4 And I ga...