Land of Promise

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Land of Promise is a biblical term referring to the territory promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, often identified with the ancient land of Canaan.

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Land of Promise canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical term
theological concept
associatedEvent Exodus
conquest of Canaan
associatedFigure Joshua
Moses
associatedWithPeople Israelites
associatedWithRegion Levant
linked to: Levant region

ancient Near East
centralFigure Abraham
conditionedBy covenant obedience (in many biblical passages)
contrastedWith wilderness wandering
covenantType Abrahamic covenant
eschatologicalUse used as image of future fulfillment
firstPromiseBook Book of Genesis
firstPromiseChapter Genesis 12
Genesis 15
Genesis 17
hasMoralDimension linked to obedience to God
hasReligiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
identifiedWith Canaan
Promised Land
includesArea land between the Nile and the Euphrates (in some interpretations)
land of Canaan
linked to: Canaan
languageOfTerm English
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible
originalConceptLanguage Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
promisedBy God
promisedTo Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
descendants of Abraham
refersTo territory promised by God to Abraham and his descendants
relatedConcept Holy Land
Kingdom of God
Zion
symbolicMeaning blessing
rest
salvation (in some Christian interpretations)
theologicalTheme covenant faithfulness
divine promise
inheritance
usedIn Christian preaching
Jewish liturgy (conceptually as promised land)
biblical exegesis
systematic theology

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Terra Repromissionis alsoKnownAs Land of Promise
Terra Repromissionis nameMeaning Land of Promise