Promised Land

The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz hamuvtakhat; Arabic: أرض الميعاد, translit.: ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey") is Middle Eastern land that Abrahamic religions (which include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others) claim their God promised and subsequently gave to Abraham (the legendary patriarch in Abrahamic religions) and several more times to his descendants. It evokes the concepts of a homeland for the Jewish people and salvation and liberation in modern contexts.

This article is about the biblical promise of land to the descendants of Abraham. For other uses, see Promised Land (disambiguation).
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