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Leader whose descendants were promised The land of Canaan
A
Saul
B
David
C
Abraham
D
Carthage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He later confirms the promise to Abraham’s son Isaac (Genesis 26:3), and then to Isaac’s son Jacob (Genesis 28:13), who is later renamed “Israel” (Genesis 32:28).

Detailed explanation-2: -Joshua, also spelled Josue, Hebrew Yehoshua (“Yahweh is deliverance”), the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses, who conquered Canaan and distributed its lands to the 12 tribes. His story is told in the Old Testament Book of Joshua.

Detailed explanation-3: -Another popular understanding of Israel as the Promised Land comes from Genesis 17, where God’s covenant with Abraham and his offspring is affirmed, and God promises to be the God of Abraham’s offspring and gift them the land of Canaan for “a perpetual holding.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Canaan’s descendants, according to the Hebrew Bible, include: Sidonians. Hittites, children of Heth. Jebusites.

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