Promised Land

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In Abrahamic religions, the "Promised Land" is an area in the Levant, called Canaan, that God chose to bestow, via a series of covenants, upon the Israelites, descendants of Jacob (also known as "Israel'), the grandson of Abraham. Outside the Bible this tradition is mentioned in other ancient religious scriptures such as the Islamic Quran and classical historical records. The Promised Land is translated as such in the following languages related to the topic: Hebrew: הָאָרֶץ הַמֻּבְטַחַת, romanized: Ha'aretz ha-Muvtaḥat Arabic: أرض الميعاد, romanized: 'Ard Almiead Biblical Greek: γῆ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, romanized: gē tēs epangelias Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤁𐤕𐤇𐤕, romanized: 'Arṣ Mibtāḥat. In the context of the Hebrew Bible, these descendants are originally understood to have been the Israelites, whose forefather was Jacob, who was a son of Abraham's son Isaac. The concept of the Promised Land largely overlaps with the Land of Israel (Zion) or the Holy Land in a biblical or religious sense and with Canaan...

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