Editing Promised Land (section)

{{Short description|Land given by God to Abraham's descendants in the Bible}}
{{About|the concept in the Abrahamic religions}}
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In the [[Abrahamic religions]], the "'''Promised Land'''" ({{langx|he|הָאָרֶץ הַמֻּבְטַחַת|rtl=yes}} {{Transliteration|he|Ha'aretz ha-Muvtaḥat}}) refers to a swath of territory in the [[Levant]] that was bestowed upon [[Abraham]] and his descendants by [[God in Abrahamic religions|God]]. In the context of the [[Bible]], these descendants are originally understood to have been the [[Israelites]], whose forefather was [[Jacob]], who was a son of Abraham's son [[Isaac]]. The concept of the Promised Land largely overlaps with the [[Land of Israel]] ([[Zion]]) or the [[Holy Land]] in a biblical/religious sense and with [[Canaan]] or [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in a secular/geographic sense. Although the [[Book of Numbers]] provides some definition for the Promised Land's boundaries, they are not delineated with precision, but it is universally accepted that the core areas lie in and around [[Jerusalem]]. According to the biblical account, the Promised Land was not inherited until the [[Conquest of Canaan|Israelite conquest of Canaan]], which took place shortly after [[the Exodus]].