To whom the Land of Israel Belongs and Why?
The covenant of God with Avraham
Genesis Chapter 15 ืืจืืฉืืช ืคืจืง ืื
7 And He said to him, "I am the Lord, Who brought you forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
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ื ืึทืึผึึนืืึถืจ ืึตืึธึืื ืึฒื ึดึฃื ืึฐืึนืึธึื ืึฒืฉืึถึคืจ ืึฝืึนืฆึตืืชึดึจืืึธึ ืึตืึฃืึผืจ ืึผึทืฉืึฐืึผึดึืื ืึธึงืชึถืช ืึฐืึธึ ืึถืชึพืึธืึธึฅืจึถืฅ ืึทืึผึึนืืช ืึฐืจึดืฉืึฐืชึผึธึฝืึผ:
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8 And he said, "O Lord God, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
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ื ืึทืึผึนืืึทึืจ ืึฒืึนื ึธึฃื ืึฑืึนืึดึื ืึผึทืึผึธึฅื ืึตืึทึืข ืึผึดึฅื ืึดึฝืืจึธืฉืึถึฝื ึผึธื:
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9 And He said to him, "Take for Me three heifers and three goats and three rams, and a turtle dove and a young bird."
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ื ืึทืึผึฃึนืืึถืจ ืึตืึธึืื ืงึฐืึธึฅื ืึดืึ ืขึถืึฐืึธึฃื ืึฐืฉืึปืึผึถึืฉืึถืช (ืฉืืืฉื) ืึฐืขึตึฅื ืึฐืฉืึปืึผึถึืฉืึถืช ืึฐืึทึฃืึดื ืึฐืฉืึปืึผึธึืฉื ืึฐืชึึนืจ ืึฐืืึนืึธึฝื:
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10 And he took for Him all these, and he divided them (the animals) in the middle, and he placed each part opposite its mate (it is the custom of those who form a covenant to divide an animal and to pass between its parts), but he did not divide the birds ( the idol worshiping nations are likened to bulls, rams, and goats. he divided the animals, as an allusion that the nations will gradually perish. โBut he did not divide the bird (symbol of Israel)โ as an allusion that Israel will exist forever).
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ื ืึทืึผึดืงึผึทืึพืึฃืึน ืึถืชึพืึผึธืึพืึตึืึผึถื ืึทืึฐืึทืชึผึตึคืจ ืึนืชึธืึ ืึผึทืชึผึธึืึถืึฐ ืึทืึผึดืชึผึตึฅื ืึดึฝืืฉืึพืึผึดืชึฐืจึืึน ืึดืงึฐืจึทึฃืืช ืจึตืขึตึืืึผ ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืฆึผึดืคึผึึนืจ ืึนึฅื ืึธืชึธึฝืจ ืืคื ืฉืืืืืืช ื ืืฉืื ืืคืจืื ืืืืืื ืืฉืขืืจืื, ืฉื ืืืจ (ืชืืืื ืื ืื) ืกืืืื ื ืคืจืื ืจืืื ืืื', ืืืืืจ (ืื ืืื ื ื) ืืืืื ืืฉืจ ืจืืืช ืืขื ืืงืจื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืคืจืก. ืืืืืจ (ืฉื ืื) ืืืฆืคืืจ ืืืฉืขืืจ ืืื ืืื, ืืืฉืจืื ื ืืฉืื ืืื ื ืืื ื ืฉื ืืืจ (ืฉื"ืฉ ื ืื) ืืื ืชื ืืืืื ืืกืืข, ืืคืืื ืืชืจ ืืืืืืช ืจืื ืขื ืืืืืืช ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืืื, ืืืช ืืฆืคืืจ ืื ืืชืจ ืจืื ืฉืืืื ืืฉืจืื ืงืืืืื ืืขืืื
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11 And the birds of prey descended upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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ืื ืึทืึผึตึฅืจึถื ืึธืขึทึืึดื ืขึทืึพืึทืคึผึฐืึธืจึดึืื ืึทืึผึทืฉึผืึตึฅื ืึนืชึธึื ืึทืึฐืจึธึฝื:
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12 Now the sun was ready to set, and a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and behold, a fright, a great darkness was falling upon him (An allusion to the troubles and darkness of the exiles).
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ืื ืึทืึฐืึดึคื ืึทืฉึผืึถึจืึถืฉืึ ืึธืึืึนื ืึฐืชึทืจึฐืึผึตืึธึื ื ึธึฝืคึฐืึธึฃื ืขึทืึพืึทืึฐืจึธึื ืึฐืึดื ึผึตึฅื ืึตืืึธึื ืึฒืฉืึตืึธึฅื ืึฐืึนืึธึื ื ึนืคึถึฅืึถืช ืขึธืึธึฝืื (ืจืื ืืฆืจืืช ืืืฉื ืฉื ืืืืืช):
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13 And He (God) said to Abram, "You shall surely know that your seed will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and they will enslave them and oppress them, for four hundred years (From the time that Isaac was born until the Israelites left Egypt was four hundred years.).
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ืื ืึทืึผึฃึนืืึถืจ ืึฐืึทืึฐืจึธึื ืึธืึนึจืขึท ืชึผึตืึทึืข ืึผึดืึพืึตึฃืจ | ืึดึฝืึฐืึถึฃื ืึทืจึฐืขึฒืึธึ ืึผึฐืึถึจืจึถืฅึ ืึนึฃื ืึธืึถึื ืึทึฝืขึฒืึธืึืึผื ืึฐืขึดื ึผึฃืึผ ืึนืชึธึื ืึทืจึฐืึผึทึฅืข ืึตืึืึนืช ืฉืึธื ึธึฝื ืืฉื ืืื ืืฆืืง ืขื ืฉืืฆืื ืืฉืจืื ืืืฆืจืื ืืจืืข ืืืืช ืฉื ื.
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14 And also the nation that they will serve will I judge, and afterwards they will go forth with great possessions [The word] ืึฐืึทื, [and also], is to include the four kingdoms (Babylon, Persia and Media, Greece, and Edom), for they too will perish because they enslaved Israel).
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ืื ืึฐืึทึงื ืึถืชึพืึทืึผึืึนื ืึฒืฉืึถึฅืจ ืึทึฝืขึฒืึึนืืึผ ืึผึธึฃื (ืืขืฉืจ ืืืืช) ืึธื ึึนืึดื ืึฐืึทึฝืึฒืจึตืึพืึตึฅื ืึตึฝืฆึฐืึืึผ ืึผึดืจึฐืึปึฅืฉื ืึผึธืึฝืึนื:
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15 But you will come to your forefathers in peace; you will be buried in a good old age (He announced to him that Ishmael would repent during his lifetime, and that Esau would not embark on evil ways during his lifetime. Therefore, he died five years before his time, and on that very day, Esau rebelled).
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ืื ืึฐืึทืชึผึธึื ืชึผึธืึฅืึนื ืึถืึพืึฒืึนืชึถึืืึธ ืึผึฐืฉืึธืึืึนื ืชึผึดืงึผึธืึตึืจ ืึผึฐืฉืึตืืึธึฅื ืืึนืึธึฝื ืืฉืจื ืฉืืขืฉื ืืฉืืขืื ืชืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืฆื ืขืฉื ืืชืจืืืช ืจืขื ืืืืื, ืืืคืืื ืืช ืืืฉ ืฉื ืื ืงืืื ืืื ื ืืื ืืืื ืืจื ืขืฉื:
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16 And the fourth generation will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites will not be complete until then that they should be sent out of their land until that time, for the Holy One, blessed be He, does not punish a nation until its measure is full).
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ืื ืึฐืึฅืึนืจ ืจึฐืึดืืขึดึื ืึธืฉืึฃืึผืืึผ ืึตึื ึผึธื ืึผึดึงื ืึนึฝืึพืฉืึธืึตึื ืขึฒืึฅึนื ืึธึฝืึฑืึนืจึดึื ืขึทืึพืึตึฝื ึผึธื ืืืืืช ืืฉืชืื ืืืจืฆื ืขื ืืืชื ืืื, ืฉืืื ืืงื"ื ื ืคืจืข ืืืืื ืขื ืฉืชืชืืื ืกืืชื, ืฉื ืืืจ (ืืฉืขืื ืื ื) ืืกืืกืื ืืฉืืื ืชืจืืื ื:
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17 Now it came to pass that the sun had set, and it was dark, and behold, a smoking furnace and a fire brand, which passed between these parts.
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ืื ืึทืึฐืึดึคื ืึทืฉึผืึถึจืึถืฉืึ ืึผึธึืึธื (ืฉืงืขื) ืึทึฝืขึฒืึธืึธึื ืึธืึธึื ืึฐืึดื ึผึตึจื ืชึทื ึผึคืึผืจ ืขึธืฉืึธืึ ืึฐืึทืคึผึดึฃืื ืึตึืฉื ืึฒืฉืึถึฃืจ ืขึธืึทึืจ ืึผึตึืื ืึทืึผึฐืึธืจึดึฅืื ืึธืึตึฝืึผึถื:
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18 On that day, the Lord formed a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land (The word of the Holy One, blessed be He, is like an accomplished fact), from the river of Egypt until the great river, the Euphrates river.
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ืื ืึผึทืึผึฃืึนื ืึทืึืึผื ืึผึธืจึทึงืช ืึฐืึนืึธึื ืึถืชึพืึทืึฐืจึธึื ืึผึฐืจึดึฃืืช ืึตืืึึนืจ ืึฐืึทืจึฐืขึฒืึธึ ื ึธืชึทึจืชึผึดืึ (ืืืืจืชื ืฉื ืืงื"ื ืืืืื ืืื ืขืฉืืื) ืึถืชึพืึธืึธึฃืจึถืฅ ืึทืึผึนึืืช ืึดื ึผึฐืึทึฃืจ ืึดืฆึฐืจึทึืึดื ืขึทืึพืึทื ึผึธืึธึฅืจ ืึทืึผึธืึึนื ื ึฐืึทืจึพืคึผึฐืจึธึฝืช:
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19 The Kenites, the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites (There are ten nations [enumerated] here, but He gave them only seven nations. The [other] three are Edom, Moab, and Ammon, and they are [here referred to as] the Kenites, the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, which are destined to be [our] heritage in the future)
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ืื ืึถืชึพืึทืงึผึตืื ึดืึ (ืขืฉืจ ืืืืืช ืืฉ ืืื ืืื ื ืชื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืขื ืืืื, ืืืฉืืฉื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืขืืื, ืืื ืงืื ื ืงื ืืื ืืงืืืื ื ืขืชืืืื ืืืืืช ืืจืืฉื ืืขืชืื, ืฉื ืืืจ (ืืฉืขืื ืื ืื) ืืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืืื ืืื ืืื ื ืขืืื ืืฉืืขืชื) ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืงึผึฐื ึดืึผึดึื ืึฐืึตึืช ืึทืงึผึทืึฐืึนื ึดึฝื:
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20 And the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Rephaim,
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ื ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทึฝืึดืชึผึดึฅื ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืคึผึฐืจึดืึผึดึื ืึฐืึถืชึพืึธึฝืจึฐืคึธืึดึฝืื:
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ืื ืึฐืึถืชึพืึธึฝืึฑืึนืจึดืึ ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืึผึฐื ึทึฝืขึฒื ึดึื ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืึผึดืจึฐืึผึธืฉืึดึื ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืึฐืืึผืกึดึฝื:
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All these happened about 4400 years ago...
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