There was a drought and famine in Jacob's time, so the Israelites went to Egypt because "there was grain in Egypt". Joseph, Jacob's lost son, as vizier in Egypt, has wisely built storehouses for Egypt's grain during the years of plenty to give out in the years of famine.
Jacob's other sons came and requested some of the grain that Joseph had saved. When Joseph reunited with his brothers, he eventually had the rest of the family brought down to Egypt, to protect them from the famine. They stayed in the Land of Goshen as guests of the Pharaoh.
Later on, in Moses' time, the Israelites had to leave Egypt and go to Canaan in order to escape their enslavement.
Moses led the Israelites in their journey towards Canaan, at God's command and guidance (Numbers 9:15-23). This was in order to fulfill God's promise of bringing the Israelites into the Land (Exodus ch.3).
Moses opened the Red Sea to free the Israelites from slavery.
Because God told him (Genesis ch.12) to go there and promised that there, He would multiply Abraham to the "number of stars in the sky and dust of the earth"
drought and crop failures
drought and crop failures
It is Joshua.
The Israelites left Canaan and fled to Egypt because of famine. The famine was caused by a severe drought that left their crops dead and their people hungry.
According to the Bible, all the Hebrew people who left Egypt died in the wilderness, apart from Joshua and Caleb. However, all their decendents are said to have gone to Canaan. However, a near consensus of scholars is reported to believe that there never was an Exodus of Hebrew people from Egypt, as described in the Bible. If the Hebrews did not leave Egypt under Moses, they did not go to Canaan.
They didn't flee. They were forcibly exiled by the Babylonians.
The Israelites went to Egypt because there was a famine in the land of Canaan, where they were living. Joseph, one of the Israelites, had risen to a position of power in Egypt and invited his family to seek refuge there.
because god told abraham to go to egypt Answer: The descendants of Abraham was Jacob and his 12 son's and their wives etc. Seventy people in all. There was famine in the land of Canaan and by this time Joseph had made himself known to all his brothers and sent a message to Jacob his father to bring all the family to Egypt to live as there was plenty of food for humans and animals.
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The Hebrews were bound for the Promised Land (Canaan) after they left Egypt. However, due to their negativity and fear of the inhabitants of Canaan, they ended up wandering in the desert for forty years.
Probably none. There is currently no region called Canaan; it's a historical region, i.e., from the past.
Famine in Canaan, i.e., scarcity of food for people or their flocks and herds.