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04 Apr 04 - 10:54 PM (#1154516) Subject: Origins: Where is Canaans Land? & who is Canaan? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull i'm talking about the Kate Ruby song, "To Canaans Land, I'm om my way etc", so where exactly is Canaans land, and who is/was Canaan? something to do with the Bible? |
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04 Apr 04 - 11:03 PM (#1154519) Subject: RE: Origins: Where is Canaans Land? & who is Canaan? From: Joe Offer Hi, John - After traveling with Moses through the desert from Egypt for 40 years, the Hebrew people crossed the Jordan River into the Land of Canaan, the land flowing with milk and honey, the Promised Land. In gospel songs and spirituals, Canaan means freedom, or heaven, or the promise of better things. Yep, it's in the Bible. -Joe Offer- |
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04 Apr 04 - 11:07 PM (#1154520) Subject: RE: Origins: Where is Canaans Land? & who is Canaan? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Thanks Joe, [I guess Canaan was the King/Ruler of the land at that time?] |
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04 Apr 04 - 11:10 PM (#1154523) Subject: RE: Origins: Where is Canaans Land? & who is Canaa From: Alice John, Canaan was a biblical person and also the name of a place. The following is from www.dictionary.com. Canaan (1.) The fourth son of Ham (Gen. 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father (9:22-27). His eldest son, Zidon, was the father of the Sidonians and Phoenicians. He had eleven sons, who were the founders of as many tribes (10:15-18). (2.) The country which derived its name from the preceding. The name as first used by the Phoenicians denoted only the maritime plain on which Sidon was built. But in the time of Moses and Joshua it denoted the whole country to the west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea (Deut. 11:30). In Josh. 5:12 the LXX. read, "land of the Phoenicians," instead of "land of Canaan." The name signifies "the lowlands," as distinguished from the land of Gilead on the east of Jordan, which was a mountainous district. The extent and boundaries of Canaan are fully set forth in different parts of Scripture (Gen. 10:19; 17:8; Num. 13:29; 34:8). (See CANAANITES ¯T0000705, PALESTINE.) |
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04 Apr 04 - 11:14 PM (#1154528) Subject: RE: Origins: Where is Canaans Land? & who is Canaan? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull i just put history of canann into google and food an intresting site here = a ref www.mideastweb.org |
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04 Apr 04 - 11:15 PM (#1154529) Subject: RE: Origins: Where is Canaans Land? & who is Canaan? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull thanks alice. |