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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where was it believed Abraham originally lived before moving to the Promised Land?
A
Sumer in ancient Mesopotamia
B
Uruk in ancient Mesopotamia
C
Memphis in Egypt
D
Ur in ancient Mesopotamia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He lived for a while in Harran, before settling near Hebron in Canaan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abraham, a Semite living in the nothern Mesopotamian city of Haran is the son of Terah, who comes from the city Ur in southern Mesopotamia. Yahweh visits Abraham around 1950 B.C.E., telling him to leave Haran around 1950 B.C.E..

Detailed explanation-3: -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. It is a journey that today’s pilgrim, for reasons of international polity, cannot easily replicate.

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