The Hebrew word for “land” is Eretz.
The nation of Israel has had the land we call Israel since 1051 B.C.
Let 1051 B.C. sink in.
The United States was founded in AD 1776.
Nearly three thousand years before the United States had our land, Israel had their land, Eretz Israel.
Over a millennium before the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, King Saul, King David, and King Solomon brought twelve families (tribes) together under the new kingdom called Israel, living in Eretz Israel.
Chronology of the Nations
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