CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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To which land did Abraham and his wife leave Mesopotamia to go to?
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Canaan
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Uruk
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Ur
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Israel
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -From Ur, Abraham traveled 700 miles to the borders of present-day Iraq, another 700 miles into Syria, another 800 down to Egypt by the inland road, and then back into Canaan-what is now Israel.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yahweh visits Abraham around 1950 B.C.E., telling him to leave Haran around 1950 B.C.E.. At that time the Mesopotamian region heading into chaos. Abraham travels west to Shechem, where Yahweh visits again, giving the land to him and his descendents.
Detailed explanation-3: -12:1-3.) Demonstrating obedience, Abraham left the land of Chaldea, and took with him Sarah, his wife; his father, and Lot, his brother’s son, and all who would follow him into Haran.
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