The Promised Land

God told Abram (Abraham) to leave Ur and go to an unknown place. God promised Abram all the land in this unknown place.

Genesis 15:18 describes the Promised land as the land between the River of Egypt and the Euphrates River. The River of Egypt was not the Nile River, it was the small river between the Nile and Canaan. Joshua 1:4 gives us more details. The Promised land extended north to Lebanon, south to the desert, west to the Great Sea (Mediterranean Sea) and east to the Euphrates River.

God kept his promise!

"And the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there. The Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to there forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the Lord handed all their enemies over to them.
Not one of all the Lord’s promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled."
Joshua 21:43-45

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