What would the map of modern Israel look like if it included ALL the land promised by God in the Bible?

Answer 1

In a map of all the land promised by God, there would be no modern Israel at all. The reality is that God never actually promised any land to the Israelites. The Bible talks of the lands that the Jews wanted to belong to them and which they therefore claimed that God had promised them, but these accounts were written by humans. In fact, the Book of Joshua was written as late as the seventh century BCE, almost seven hundred years after the legendary Joshua supposedly parcelled out the land.

For much of their history, the combined lands of Israel and Judah were not much larger than the modern Palestinian territory of the West Bank, which Israel actually refers to as 'Samaria [Israel] and Judah'.

Answer 2

It would look like it does now, with the land extending further south, north (into southern Lebanon) and east. See Genesis 15, Numbers 34, Deuteronomy 11:24 and 19:8-9.

Answer 2

In a map of all the land promised by God, there would be no modern Israel at all. The reality is that God never actually promised any land to the Israelites. The Bible talks of the lands that the Jews wanted to belong to them and which they therefore claimed that God had promised them, but these accounts were written by humans. In fact, the Book of Joshua was written as late as the seventh century BCE, almost seven hundred years after the legendary Joshua supposedly parcelled out the land.
For much of their history, the combined lands of Israel and Judah were not much larger than the modern Palestinian territory of the West Bank, which Israel actually refers to as 'Samaria [Israel] and Judah'.

Answer 3

It would look like it does now, with the land extending further south, north (into southern Lebanon) and east. See Genesis 15, Numbers 34, Deuteronomy 11:24 and 19:8-9. See also the Related Links.

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