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Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite
You misread what I wrote ...
... I said the land wasn't "given" to Israel ... the land was Israel ... meaning that this group of Canaanites were the first civilized people to inhabit that particular stretch of land ... they didn't conquer it by killing and forcing other civilizations off it.
The Arabs who occupy north Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia today are there because they killed and conquered previous civilizations who lived in those places. The Arabs have a homeland in Arabia ... and that's where they belong.
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BB,
Thanks for the clarification. I guess I misread.
Jacob's name was changed from "Grabber" to Israel, "One who prevails with God".
My guess is that legitimizes everything.
I'll ask Pope Urban II, Richard II, and Saladin what they think when I meet up with them in my afterlife. "Who do you think really owns it?"
I'm a bit partial to the Hittites and the Hivites...maybe we should give it back to them, as the present owners have made a mess of it. Just my humble opinion.
DTS