Editing Promised Land (section)

=== God's covenant with Abraham ===
[[God in Abrahamic religions|God]] is claimed to have spoken the following promises to [[Abraham]] in several verses of [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] (the first book of the [[Torah]]), which a [[New International Version|modern English Bible translates]] to:
:The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you." – {{bibleverse|Genesis|12:1|NIV}}
:The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring [or seed] I will give this land." – {{bibleverse|Genesis|12:7|NIV}}

Later in what is called the [[covenant of the pieces]], a verse is said to describe what are known as "borders of the Land" (''Gevulot Ha-aretz''):<ref>''Kol Torah'', vol. 13, no. 9, Torah Academy of Bergen County, Nov 8, 2003</ref>
:On that day the Lord made a [[Covenant (biblical)#Abrahamic|covenant]] with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the [[Wadi of Egypt]] to the great river, the [[Euphrates]] – the land of the [[Kenites]], [[Kenizzites]], [[Kadmonites]], [[Hittites]], [[Perizzites]], [[Rephaites]], [[Amorites]], [[Canaanites]], [[Girgashites]] and [[Jebusites]]."  – {{bibleverse|Genesis|15:18-21|NIV}}

These allegedly divine promises were given prior to the birth of Abraham's sons. [[Abraham's family tree]] includes both the [[Ishmaelites|Ishmaelite tribes]] (the claimed ancestry of [[Arabs]] and of the [[Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]]) through Abraham's first son [[Ishmael]] and the [[Israelites|Israelite tribes]] (the claimed ancestry of [[Jews]] and [[Samaritans]]) through Abraham's second son [[Isaac]].