RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Question
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According to the Torah, where was Abraham living when God commanded him to establish the Jewish nation in Canaan?
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Egypt
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Mesopotamia
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Jerusalem
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Palestine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -According to the biblical book of Genesis, Abraham left Ur, in Mesopotamia, because God called him to found a new nation in an undesignated land that he later learned was 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: -Jews regard Abraham (as he was later called) as the first Patriarch of the Jewish people. Abraham was the first person to teach the idea that there was only one God; before then, people believed in many gods.
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