No one knows for certain, but it's estimated to be around the year 2000 BCE.
Canaan is significant to the Hebrew people, as it is the promised land, land of milk and honey.
Abraham made a covenant with God in which Canaan was promised to the Hebrew people as an everlasting possession. This covenant plays a significant role in the history and identity of the Jewish people.
The people who lived in Canaan were referred to as Canaanites. They were Semetic nomads as well as Hittites and other Hebrew-speaking peoples.
In the land of Israel (formerly Canaan).
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]
The Israelites, who were lead by Joshua.
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.
AnswerJudaism believes that the Hebrew people were promised the land of Canaan, its size varying somewhat in different chapters of the Bible. Christianity, which has its roots in Judaism, also believes that the Hebrew people were promised this land.
To Canaan But.... The Hebrew Bible says that God spoke to Abraham and told him to leave his homeland and resettle in a new land. According to the Hebrew Bible, when he arrived in this new land, Canaan(KAY nuhn), God told Abraham: "The whole land of Canaan ... I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God."
They were led there by Joshua (Joshua ch.3-4), under the command of God (Deuteronomy ch.31).
The Torah gives the reason in Genesis ch.45. The land of Canaan (Israel) was experiencing a famine, while there was food to be had in Egypt.
The word "Hebrew" comes from the Hebrew word "Avar", which means to cross, or to pass. Abraham crossed the Jordan river on his way the Canaan, and so became the first Hebrew.