Endnote 4 – When Was the Age of the Patriarchs?—Of Amorites, Canaanites, and Archaeology

Others may regard this passage as belonging to “J”. The Prophet Amos characterizes the owners of the land before the arrival of the Hebrews as Amorites (Amos 2:9), while Obadiah considered the land as belonging to the Canannites (Obadiah 20).