THE GENEALOGY OF THE OLD SACRED LAND'S NATIONS(General Principles)

                The reader of the "TORAH", may misunderstand some of the social events , which recorded in that holy book,due to his modern conception,about the social orders of the old nations, who lived in the sacred land during that time of age , therefor he must study first, the social history of the old communities, who have dwelt in this area ,                                                                                                                                      .The reader can reach to a right understanding, to the old social state, using The "TORAH", without any added references , but it takes a long time, to put the informations which you understood , in your memory archive, to reach at the end ,to the general figure , of the old societies state , that is because the purpose of the "TORAH",was not to write a book of social affairs ,but it reflects it ,with a valid truth, and when you want to know something about the society of the "TORAH", to follow it using patience and well understanding ,to the different events ,which have been recorded .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The first mistake which may occur during the fast or the hurry reading, is to imagine that the expression"The land of Canaan"  ,.is an expression which expresses a conception of a country, ruled by the Canaanite people ,and under their political authorities and laws . it is a fault, a mistake and a common error .                                                                                                                                                                                   You will find in the same time,that the same land,was called the "Palestinian land" ,sometimes also called the "Hittites land" ,and so on .                                                                                                                                                                                                        It is clear that the modern conception of the country, have not born yet, during the historical times, which have been recorded in the "TORAH", the conception of a systematic authorized country, as a political unity, were in the" Nile Valley" where it was" Egypt" and the civilization of the "Pharaohs Egypt", and in the" Valley of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers" where it was the civilization of the "Mesopotamia" .                                                                               The conception of the country as a political unity, have begun by "Nimrod" ,in the "Mesopotamian city"they called it"Babel" ,and from "Babel" all the nations spread out ,with a distinct  language, to live wherever they went , see Genesis 10. 10,11, 11.9, therefor "Nimrod" was the first king,and "Babel" were the first capital,which have a distinct border,reached to the land of "Shinar",                                                                                                                                                                                     The sons of "Mizraim"who have chosen the Nile valley, have the same attitude ,of building a political unity, to create a private country, inside a limited border ,they released it by "Narmer", the first pharaoh ,who reigned "Egypt" as a political unite .                                                                                                                                                                                           The rest of the nations, in spite of they had the same hopes to build a great border unite, to prove their sovereignty,politically, military, and also with a united cultural theory, to be similar to the great two civilized countries, in the "Mesopotamia " and "Egypt" knew the valleys of the rivers, gave the country its real power ,because it gave the people ,the stability ,and the continuous source of the water, to cultivate their lands ,and establish an economic wealth, which enables them to build the army,and the different affairs of the country .     Some of the short rivers in the area, between the two civilizations  like the "Jordan Valley"where the "Amorites"built their city "Shenir" ,which changed to be "Hermon"Dt 3.9,"Abanah" and "Pharpar"valleys where the "Aramaeans "were building their civilization, which have reached its top during the days of the kings 2Ki 5.12 .                                                                                                                                                           The remained groups of people ,were scattering here or there,depending on the "Wells",like what "Abraham" have dug ,and what "Isac" have dug (see Genesis  26.18-25.). the wells were the central place, where the people lived near the well to cultivate their lands and grow their cattle ,the owner of the well was the boss,or the chief man,or the king or any chosen title by his people live with his family.                                                                                                                                        The wells were the causes of the wars, like what we have seen during the life of the patriarchal fathers , the wars were depending upon the wealth of the kings ,or the owners of the wells,because the wealth were enabling them to buy slaves, to be under their orders ,during the wars .see Genesis 14.14 ,the "Confederate Agreements" were established in that time, to collect the powers of the owner's,in collecting their slaves together, to face the enemies see Genesis 14.13  .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            According to what we have said, we can discover the state of the old nations, who lived in this place as follows:- (1)they lived where they found a source of water, the greater were their source ,the greater were their power , and authority .As a result of that ,the vast border area increased ,to establish a country with its    completed affairs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (2)the little groups were scattering in the area, as the" Primitive Inhabitants of The Deserts" in a small limited area ,around their well, for example, You can find "Canaanite" group, around their well ,living under the rule of the father of that group , but after a distance about  twenty miles,a "Palestinian"groups lived around their well ,also after a distance of ten miles, you can find a "Canaanite" group,who has a relation with the first "Canaanite "group, but they lived separately beside other "Palestinian"group or ""Jebusite" or, "Amorite" and so on .                                                                                                          You can name the whole area the land of "Canaan""  you will be right, but you can call it the land of the Palestine" or the land of "Jebusite" and you will be also right . let us take every nation separately to study its affects in the whole area .   later          Rev. Joseph