What once in Bible times was Canaan what is it called today?

Answer 1

In modern times, since 1948, the land of Canaan is now known as the State of Israel. Arabs in the region call it "Palestine," which is a misnomer. The Romans called the land Palestine after they sacked Jerusalem as a slur toward the remaining people there. They twisted the term "Philistine."

Answer 2

Canaan is an ancient term for a region approximating present-day Lebanon, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Jordan and Syria west of the Litani River. The Hebrew Bible identifies Canaan with Lebanon - foremost with the coastal city of Sidon - but extends the "Land of Canaan" southward to Gaza and westward to the Jordan Valley, thus including modern Israel with the Palestinian Territories. This southern area included various ethnic groups. In the opposite direction, the Amarna Letters of Ancient Egypt likewise identifies Canaan with Lebanon but extends the "Land of Canaan" northward across all of the coast of Syria up to Orontes River near the border with Turkey.

Answer 3

Palestine.

Canaan was the earlier and native name of that part of Palestine lying W of the Jordan River (Numbers 33:51; 35:10, 14), although the Canaanitish Amorites did invade the land East of the Jordan sometime prior to the Israelite conquest.—Numbers 21:13, 26.

Answer 4

*"1. Desert, corresponding to the present Badiyyat al-Tih, bounded on the north by the Jabal al-Makhrah, on the south by the watershed toward the Sinai Peninsula, on the east by the mountains of Wadi al-'Arabah, and on the west by the Wadi al-'Arish. Ishmael is said to have settled here after his separation from Abraham (Gen. xxi. 21). The Israelites went there on leaving the territory of Sinai, and the spies went thence into Canaan (Num. x. 12, xiii. 3). David went to Paran after having made peace with Saul (I Sam. xxv. 1). In the Roman period a highway led through this desert, according to the 'Tabula Peutingeriana' (ed. Miller, 1888), but now Al-Tih is a desolate waste. 2. Locality near the southern boundary of Canaan, between Israel and Edom. Moses repeated the Law to the Israelites 'between Paran and Tophel' (Deut. i. 1), and the Edomite Hadad stopped at Paran when fleeing before Solomon to Egypt (I Kings xi. 18). According to the 'Onomasticon' of Eusebius (ed. Lagarde, p. 298), this place is identical with the present Ḳal'at al-Naḥl. 3. Mountain or mountain range. 'Yhwh shined forth from Mount Paran' (Deut. xxxiii. 2), and 'the Holy One [came] from Mount Paran' (Hab. iii. 3). This mountain or mountain range may be identical with the mountains surrounding the present Wadi al-'Arabah.E. G. H. S. O" I'm willing to say your half-right, I don't know ancient geography all that well though. I won't even bother arguing in defense of mythological bloodlines.

Answer 5

israel