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Map showing the borders of the Promised Land, based on Bible. (Genesis 15).
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Map showing one interpretation of the borders of the Promised Land, based on God's promise to Abraham (Genesis 15).

The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz hamuvtakhat; Arabic: أرض الميعاد, translit.: ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey") is very important in the Hebrew Bible. It is the land that God promised to Abraham and his descendants. Nowadays, it refers to the restored homeland for the Jewish people, a path to salvation and liberation, or both.

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  • Frans pourbus il vecchio, yahweh mostra a mosè la terra promessa, 1565-80 ca

    Yahweh (God) shows Moses the Promised Land (Frans Pourbus the Elder, c. 1565–80)

  • Beulah - the Land of Israel

    Pastoral scene of the Promised Land

  • JewishChronicle1896

    The concept is central to Zionism. In 1896, Herzl exhorted Jews to take up the movement, writing "for these have never lost the faith in the Promised Land".

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Tierra Prometida para niños

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