Promised land details
After four hundred years in Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim) and ending up as slaves there, Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses) that he would lead the descendants of Yakov/Yisrael (Jacob/Israel) to the land that he’d promised to them.
People and places
Selected readings
Show passage in OET: GEN 12:1–7
12 Then Yahweh said to Avram, “You must leave your land and your relatives and your father’s house and go to the land that I’ll show you.
2 I’ll bless you and make you into a great nation. I’ll make you famous and you’ll be a blessing to others.
3 I’ll bless everyone who blesses you, but I’ll curse anyone who curses you. All the families on the earth will be blessed because of you.
4 So Avram left there just as Yahweh had told him, and Lot also went with him. Avram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran city.
5 He took his wife Saray (Sarai) and his nephew Lot and all their possessions that they had accumulated and the people who they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to Kena’an (Canaan).
¶ When they arrived in the Kena’an region,
¶ When they arrived in the Kena’an region,
6 they continued travelling as far as Shekem city, to Moreh’s oak tree. (The Kena’anim (Canaanites) were still living in that region at that time.)
7 Then Yahweh came to Avram and told him, “I’ll give this land to your descendants.” So Avram built an altar there and made a burnt offering to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
12 And_ YHWH _he/it_said to ʼAⱱrām go to/for_yourself(m) from_your(ms)_land and_from_your(ms)_descendants and_from_household your_father_of_your to the_earth/land which I_will_show_you(ms).
2 And_I_will_make_you(ms) to_(a)_nation great and_I_will_bless_you(ms) and_I_will_make_big/great your(ms)_name and_be a_blessing.
3 And_I_will_bless (those_who)bless_you(ms) and_despises_you(ms) I_will_curse and_they_will_be_blessed in_you(ms) all_of the_clans_of the_soil.
4 And_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it_went just_as he_had_said to_him/it YHWH and_he/it_went with_him/it Lōţ and_Avram was_a_son_of five years and_seventy year[s] in_his/its_coming_out from_Ḩārān.
5 And_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it_took DOM Sarai his/its_wife/woman and_DOM Lōţ the_son_of his/its_brother and_DOM all_of their_property which they_had_accumulated and_DOM the_people whom they_had_acquired in_Ḩārān and_they_went_out to_go towards_land of_Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_they_came towards_land of_Kənaˊan/(Canaan).
Show passage in OET: JOS 21:43–45
43 Thus Yahweh gave the Israelis all the land that he’d promised their ancestors would be given and so the people moved into those regions and lived there.
44 Yahweh gave them peace as he’d promised their ancestors—none of their enemies could stand against them because Yahweh helped them defeat any enemies.
43 And_ YHWH _he/it_gave to_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) DOM all_of the_earth/land which he_had_sworn to_give to_ancestors_of_their and_they_took_possession_of_it and_they_lived in_it.
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