According to the book of Genesis, the journey was divided into two parts. The first part was led by Terach, Abraham's father, but he died in Haran. After his death, Abraham, Sarah, and Lot, continued their journey to the Land of Israel, which in 1800 BCE was called Canaan. In Episode 1, we ask what might have motivated Terach to leave Ur of the Chaldees and begin the journey to the land of Canaan? Because God never appeared to Terach and never commanded him to do anything, the journey began for a mundane reason and not as a The answer we give to this question lies in the economic life of the ancient world. These were poor immigrants who left their land, hoping to go to a new place where they would find new economic opportunities. For thousands of years, immigrants have left their lands for economic reasons. Thus we may assume that this was the case here as well.
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