The Canaanites were people who lived in the land of Canaan, an area that ancient texts indicate may have included parts of modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Much of what ...

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A verse in the Bible says God commanded the ancient Israelites to "utterly destroy" the Canaanites, among other peoples. And the disappearance of the the latter group from history suggested some truth ...

attempting to fulfil his father’s far-flung goals. Abraham interpreted what this commandment really meant: to be good children we must follow righteous parents’ roles. On Mount Sinai this commandment ...