Introduction

i'll present a potted history of the middle east in the books of genesis through judges. You can find some great charts and maps to help you at my web site, w w dot history in the bible dot com. Episode one, point six, canan of the patriarchs. The first great semitic conqueror was sagon the great who claimed to have been rescued from a floating basket in a river around 22 50 b c. According to the bible, rubinical tradition dates abraham's birth to 19 76 b c.