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The Jewish people originate from Abraham who was born in Mesopotamia. If you look in the book of Genesis (from ch.11) you will see the history of the beginnings of the Jews. You will see that Abraham settled in what is now Israel and bought pieces of land that would later become the land of Israel for the Jewish people. The answer is really a large one as there are so many details to put in.

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The Jewish people are descendants of Abraham, whose Semitic ancestors lived in the Fertile Crescent and who lived most of his life in the Middle Eastern country of Israel (Canaan) 3800 years ago. Abraham is called a Hebrew (Genesis ch.14) because Hebrew (Ivrim) means descendants of Eber (Ever). Ever was an anscestor of Abraham (Genesis ch.10-11) and the early Hebrews were Abraham's uncles and cousins for several generations back. They were Western Semites and lived in northern Mesopotamia, near the confluence of the Balikh and the Euphrates.
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