wife, Sarah, still had to give birth to his son Isaac, who in turn grew up and fathered Jacob. Jacob eventually had twelve sons who then moved to Egypt. They multiplied in number and became the nation of Israel. It was not until after this time span that Israel was enslaved for four hundred years in Egypt. This means God did not actually give Israel the land of Canaan for well over four hundred years after he promised it to Abram. The critical question is this: Why wouldn’t God give Israel the land