Genesis 17:15

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God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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Canaan was the land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, roughly corresponding to the southern Levant along the eastern Mediterranean. In this covenant context, it matters as the future homeland connected to God’s promise that Sarah would bear the son through whom Abraham’s covenant line would continue.

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Genesis 17:15 mentions Canaan.