1) It was important that he left Terah and Terah's idolatrous influence. 2) It was in Canaan that Abraham made a covenant with God.
3) It was in Canaan that Abraham and Sarah had their son Isaac and raised him, ensuring the continuation of their traditions.
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God told Abraham in prophecy to move to Canaan, which is where he raised his family, taught many disciples, entered into a covenant with God, became renowned as a godly prince, and concluded the founding of what later became called Judaism. Once Abraham reached Canaan, God promised to give him that land (Genesis 13), where the Israelites later lived for many centuries.See also:
Judaism began when Abraham started practicing the ways of God, and teaching others, in his birthplace of Ur. Later he continued in Canaan.
Abraham. Moses LEAD the descendants of Abraham to Canaan.
Abraham is the great great grandfather of the 12 sons of Jacob who started the 12 isrealite tribes and he was the one who first moved to canaan after god spoke to him promising that nations would issue from him.
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it start wat long ago when people lived in caves and there was dinisores...... dinisores ate Jewish people
when Abraham made a cvenant god said move your people to the promised land[Canaan]and obey me so Abraham moved there and they wosrhip him [monotheism]
Abraham came with his family to Canaan (Genesis ch.12). The traditional date for this event is 1737 BCE.Moses led the Israelites towards Canaan but died before they entered the land (Deuteronomy ch.34). A few days later, Joshua brought the Israelites into Canaan (Israel). Our traditions place that event in 1272 BCE.Our traditions state that Abraham founded what we call Judaism. It remained on a voluntary basis until the Giving of the Torah in the time of Moses, when it became binding.
Judaism began in in present from what was known as Canaan
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Traditional chronology puts Abraham's journey to Canaan in 1737 BCE.See also the Related Link.More about Abraham
Canaan is significant to the Hebrew people, as it is the promised land, land of milk and honey.