How Did God Give The Land Of Egypt

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So, God gave the land to Abraham Genesis 15
7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.” [Brought you out of Ur]…
Then God gave the land to the Israelites: Exodus 3:7
"So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' [Brought you out of Egypt]…

Then they lost the land when carried off to Babylon, only to be restored to them by Cyrus the Great (Persian, Iranian) Then lost it again, with the Jewish revolt and the Destruction of the second temple, then scattered throughout the world. [Brought you

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