The story of the Hebrews actually began a long way from the land they would eventually settle in. We are told in the book of Genesis that a man named Abram lived in the city of Ur in southern Mesopotamia (now modern day Iraq). He was called by God to move his tribe to the land of Canaan, hundreds of miles away from where he currently lived. It is believed that this event occurred sometime between 2000 and 1700 B.C, but there is really no record of Abram other than what we find in the Bible. It is