(November 15, 2017 at 2:19 pm)alpha male Wrote: You mentioned the Phoenicians, and this was a Phoenician colony. Makes sense that they got their customs form Phoenicia.
It's possible, but by no means guaranteed. Sometimes people emigrate to get away from the old customs, or to have the freedom to start new ones.
It does strike me as a bit odd that the Israelites would condemn the Canaanites but glorify the Abraham/Isaac story arc and the murder of the Egyptian firstborn.