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Palestine during Genesis

Palestine during Genesis. Canaan. 3000-2200: Collection of city-states Major collapse in 2200 B.C. Reasons unknown. Weather? Internal conflicts? External invasion? Abraham enters shortly after collapse (ca. 2100 B.C.) Nomadic life Lived in tents (“tent” 22x in Gen)

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Palestine during Genesis

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  1. Palestine during Genesis

  2. Canaan • 3000-2200: Collection of city-states • Major collapse in 2200 B.C. • Reasons unknown. Weather? Internal conflicts? External invasion? • Abraham enters shortly after collapse (ca. 2100 B.C.) • Nomadic life • Lived in tents (“tent” 22x in Gen) • No major cities found through archaeology

  3. Canaan • Place of both WEALTH and WORRY • WEALTH • Abraham was loaded • Gen. 14:14 he has 318 trained men • Tons of livestock • Lot was loaded (has to part from Abe) • “Extrabiblically it is known that patriarchal Palestine was a prosperous, but precarious place to live” (Hoerth, 96). • WORRY • Archaeology shows many layers of destruction • “War of the Kings” (Gen 14)

  4. The Canaanites

  5. The Canaanites

  6. Canaan • 2000-1446 (i.e. while Israel was in Egypt • Return to urbanization (city-states) • I.e. Canaan during Genesis looks different than Canaan during Joshua. • Between 1700 and 1550, Canaanites known as the “Hyksos” invaded and ruled over Egypt. • Expelled in 1550, when Ahmose (Egyptian ruler) took over. • 1550-1446 • Egypt on the rise • Canaan subject to Egyptian empire

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