ESay
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Well, first af all, I want to admit that my comprehension of the OT is quite low, because I began to read it not so much time ago and my knowledge of it is quite scarce yet.The Old Testament clearly lays out the relationship between the Israelite's and God. The Lord did choose the Israelite's as His chosen people while at the same time He set conditions on them. If they chose to abide by His commandments, they would be fruitful and multiple exceedingly.Well, okay. I have read your link. And I seem to understand now what you tried to say by it. That the Jews are not indigenous people to the land and don't have a right to claim it. Right?
The path they took and the outcome of these actions is coming to fruition as we speak. But that is not the point of this thread. This thread is about who is indigenous to the region.
The Israelite's abandon Canaan and move to Egypt leaving everything behind. Since they abandoned their homeland (Canaan) and moved to Egypt I do not believe they have any rightful claim to the land today.
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As far as I understand, you mentioned the time of Joseph, right? Then, first af all, my understanding is the term 'their land' can be applied with some conditions. Land of Hebrews is more about describing the land where they lived, with some other people, rather than about possession. People of that time there were nomads and didn't have established states.
This land became really the land of Israel when the Jews conquered it and established their state there after Moses.