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The Bible has different versions of the boundaries of the Promised Land, that God described to Abraham, Moses, and Joshua. Promise to Abraham The promise to Abraham, found in Genesis 15:18-21 , talks about of the land God will give to his descendants.
- General Description of The Promised Land
- Second General Description of The Promised Land
- Detailed Description of The Promised Land
- Full Occupation of The Promised Land
- Palestine Was Promised to Israel
A general and incomplete description of the Promised Land is given in Genesis 12:5-7 and Genesis 24:7 . In verse 5 we are told that Abram and his wife Sarai traveled through the land of Canaan only as far as Shechem to the oak of Moreh. The description is a partial or incomplete one. Then God told Abram this is the land that I will give to your des...
In Genesis 15 God meets Abram again promising him the land of Canaan and defining its boundaries. Now a fuller description of the land was given to Abram. Now the land stretched from the Nile River of Egypt to the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia (Genesis 15:18-21). Exodus also describes the promised land as stretching from the boundary of the Red Se...
Later in Numbers 34:1-13 God gives Moses a more detailed description of the Promised Land the Israelites would occupy. In Numbers 34:2, God explicitly states the Israelites were inheriting the land of Canaan. The western border of the Promised Land started with the coastline along the Sea of Galilee. The northern border is defined by a horizontal l...
Full occupation of the Promised Land became a reality under King David and King Solomon when the Israelites possessed all of the land that God had promised Abraham in Genesis 12, 15, 18, and 22. However, it was temporary and did not last. At Israel’s height, their land stretched from the border of Egypt to the River Euphrates: The promised land inc...
Palestine was a name already in existence and used by ancient writers before Jesus was born. Today, some claim that the Israelites stole the land on which the nation of Israel resides. But the preceding discussion reveals that God gave the land to Abraham and subsequently to Israel. The land was called Palestine during the time of Herodotus, Aristo...
Abraham's Journey to the Promised Land. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran (Haran), and said to him, "Leave your land and your kindred, and come into the land that I will show you." Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Charran; and from there, after his ...
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 ...
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 Journeys of Abraham (PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes (Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use) Map of Abram's Journey from Ur to Haran to Egypt. The Bible shifts its focus in Genesis 12 from the history of the entire human race to a man named Abram, the first Hebrew, and he lived in Ur of the Chaldees.
