Let's start by understanding that Abraham bought that land (the Biblical land of Israel) from Ephron the Hittite. Abraham was actually just interested in buying the Cave of Machpelah to bury his wife, but Ephron wouldn't sell him just the cave. He made Abraham purchase the entire country. This is, in fact, the oldest recorded land sale in history.
Now... approximately 250-300 years later, his great-great- grandchildren returned to the land that he purchased. According to the census of the period, taken at the time that the Israelites re-entered the land, the number of males between the ages of 20 and 50 (military age), fit for service, was roughly 603,550. Extrapolating the number of women, and the number of men below the age of 20 and above the age of 50, and those unfit for service, the total population was roughly between 2 million and 6 million, depending on who's opinion we accept.
So even though we are talking about the decendants of Jacob's 12 sons, we're talking about a LOT of people.
Hope this answers your question.