Genesis 17:5

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Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.

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Canaan was the land west of the Jordan River, roughly corresponding to modern Israel and the Palestinian territories. Though not named directly in Genesis 17:5, it is central to God’s covenant with Abram: the promised land in which Abraham’s descendants would become a great nation.

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Genesis 17:5 mentions Canaan.