Antipode: -31.259357,-145.214874. Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba. 0000042913 00000 n How many hundredths are equivalent to 9 tenths? Free Digital Maps Set: 41 Bible Maps (the complete set) Free! "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God" Genesis (Genesis 21:33). 22 from The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands. He made his home in Beersheba where he was born until the last days of his life which were in Hebron. 2:42, 43. century BC, the city was at its peak during the Hittite Empire, based on, century BC. What discomfort did Jacob face in his travel to paddan Aram? Here Absalom set up the standard of revolt. Where is Paddan Aram located today? Jacob crosses the ford of the River Jabbok (the modern River Zarqa) at Mahanaim under cover of darkness. These are the records of the generations of Jacob. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." Home Travel How Far Did Jacob Travel When He Went To Laban. He of course left home to . After the death of Saul, David was here anointed king (2 Sam 5:3) and reigned here 7 1/2 years, until he captured Jerusalem and made that his capital (2 Sam 5:5); while here, six sons were born to him (2 Sam 3:2). Haran first appears in the Book of Genesis as the home of Terah and his descendants, and as Abrahams temporary home. There is a real-world town called Harran in Turkeys anlurfa Province close to the border with Syria. Having fled for his life from Beersheba, Jacob settled down for the night at Luz. In Hebron, David reigned over Judah first for seven and a half years (2 Samuel 5:5). Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. 0000024891 00000 n century BC and which have been rebuilt in the same style many times during the intervening centuries. Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). Genesis 26:18 - And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.Leviticus 26:42 - Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.Deuteronomy 30:20 - That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.Genesis 25:21 - And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Genesis 35:12 - And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.Genesis 27:46 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 24:14 - And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.Joshua 24:4 - And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.Genesis 49:31 - There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.Genesis 22:9 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.2 Chronicles 30:6 - So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.Deuteronomy 29:13 - That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Jeremiah 33:26 - Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.Deuteronomy 9:5 - Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Genesis 27:22 - And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.Exodus 33:1 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:Amos 7:16 - Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.Genesis 28:6 - When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;Exodus 32:13 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.Deuteronomy 6:10 - And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,1 Kings 18:36 - And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.Genesis 22:3 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.Genesis 28:13 - And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;Romans 9:7 - Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Genesis 17:19 - And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.Genesis 22:2 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.Genesis 25:20 - And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.Genesis 32:9 - And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:Deuteronomy 1:8 - Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.1 Chronicles 29:18 - O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: Beersheba, Beersheba in Easton's Bible Dictionary well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). a7C c Wilderness of, Hagar miraculously sees a well in Ge 21:14-19 An angel fed Elijah in 1Ki 19:5,7Beersheba in Smith's Bible Dictionary (well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Israel which formed the southern limit of the country. 0000030225 00000 n 1. After the occupation of the land by the Israelites, Hebron became one of the cities of refuge. The curb-stones around the mouth of both wells are worn into deep grooves by the action of the ropes of so many centures. Jacob's Journey (28:10-11) I've already mentioned the distance of Jacob's journey & that in this passage he is near the beginning of this journey. 4. Beersheba is mentioned in Genesis 21:31 as the place where Abraham made a treaty with Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar. The annual wage for a shepherd in the Bronze Age was about 10 shekels; hence, seven years of labor was a stiff demand. The population is about 8000, of which about 600 are Jews; the remainder Turks and Arabs. Beitin was a prosperous town during Roman times, and still contains the remains of a Byzantine monastery built to commemorate Jacobs dream. On the return from Babylon some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba (Nehemiah 11:25). The two unworthy sons of Samuel were Judges in Beersheba (1 Samuel 8:2) and Zibiah, mother of King Jehoash, was born there (2 Kings 12:1 2 Chronicles 24:1).3. And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day."2. Then, in verse 10, the description of Jacob's journey from Beersheba to Haran begins. Jacob (Heb. Was Jesus an outspoken rabbi or was he God? Genesis 12:9) - with all that he had, and came - from Hebron (Genesis 37:14) - to Beersheba, - where Abraham (Genesis 21:33) and Isaac (Genesis 26:25) had both sojourned for considerable periods, and erected altars to Jehovah - and offered sacrifices unto the God (the . The city is some 20 miles South of Jerusalem, situated in an open valley, 3,040 ft. above sea-level. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. The Israelites face continuing opposition, The Israelites fight the remaining Canaanites, Israel under the 'judges': Othniel and Ehud, Gibeah is destroyed & the Benjamites punished, The Ark of the Covenant is captured at Aphek, 30. 0000007884 00000 n the above mentioned distance because of the route chosen.The Having fled for his life fromBeersheba, Jacob settled down for the night atLuz. The Philistine king made a treaty of peace with him, and Isaac lived there many years. 0000037224 00000 n On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Gen. 26:31-33). 1. Jacob calls the place Peniel (face of God) as he has seen God face to face. The town was situated in a narrow valley - the "Valley of the Eschol; " whose sides are clothed with vineyards, groves of olives, and other fruit trees. He set up a stone pillar as an altar and re-named the place Bethel (Beth-el means House of God). Biblical Archaeology - Significant Discoveries from Ancient Empires. According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, Jos 15:28 and then to Simeon, Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28 In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," Jud 20:1 it represents the southern boundary of Canaan, as Dan the northern. A tradition which first appears in a definite shape in Josephus, and is now almost universally accepted, asserts that the "Mount Moriah" of the Chronicles is identical with the "mountain" in "the land of Moriah" of Genesis, and that the spot on which Jehovah appeared to David, and on which the temple was built, was the very spot of the sacrifice of Isaac.Mount Moriah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 0000025496 00000 n The site of Luz (Bethel) in the Judaean Hills (Pessimist2006). It was a very long journey, and he was very tired. Gen 28:10-19 Jacob Flees From Laban Laban's sons are furious with their cousin Jacob, so Jacob flees secretly from Haran. mchlat Machalath, "sickness, or a harp." 19. Jacob set out in haste from Beersheba and camped at Bethel (formerly Luz) before continuing on to Paddan-aram (Genesis 28:10-29:1). Alexander & Baker. Jacob, not used to being away from home, must have been lonely and afraid. --The elevation on which Solomon built the temple, where God appeared to David "in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." caVsS+ 0 2 Kings 23:8 - And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that [were] in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which [were] on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.2 Samuel 24:2 - For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.Amos 5:5 - But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.Nehemiah 11:30 - Zanoah, Adullam, and [in] their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and [in] the villages thereof. The power of the Holy Spirit - for everyone? Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven. But "Hebron would appear to have been the original name of the city, and it was not till after Abraham's stay there that it received the name Kirjath-arba, who [i.e., Arba] was not the founder but the conqueror of the city, having led thither the tribe of the Anakim, to which he belonged. As far as we know, Jacob never had been very far from home. Amos 5:5 but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. Later biblical passages list Haran among some cities and lands subjugated by Assyrian rulers and among Tyre's trading partners. In Genesis 28:1019, Abraham's grandson Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 2 Chronicles 19:4 Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. ^D$=;yE!3%2:I1^ymoJ;_Zc_*j C^g| Jehovah's vision to David in the same spot, before the preparation for building the temple there, revived the name Moriah (2 Samuel 24:16; 2 Samuel 24:24-25.) Isaac was permitted to dwell in this area of plenty and he could now live in peace (Gen. 26:22). The vicinity was long the favorite camping-ground of the patriarchs. 2 Samuel 24:2 The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, "Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people.". lz Luz, "almond." The blessing of his sons was the last passage in the active life of Isaac, after which he retires from the scene. [8] Although Abram's nephew Lot accompanied him to Canaan, Terah and his other descendants remained in Paddan-Aram,[9]. An ancient tower now marks the spot where it is believed Jacob had his vision of the ladder leading up to heaven and where, earlier, Abraham built an altar on his journey south fromShechemto theNegev Desert(see Genesis 12:8-9). Distance between Beersheba and Haran is 5340 KM / 3318.3 miles. A teacher walks into the Classroom and says If only Yesterday was Tomorrow Today would have been a Saturday Which Day did the Teacher make this Statement? Built seven years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22). Rivaling Damascus in antiquity. 13:22). He arrives at Bethel (Luz) and builds an altar to God called El Bethel(God of Bethel). So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. Josephus mistakenly places here the dream of Solomon (Ant., VIII, ii, 1) which occurred at Gibeon (1 Ki 3:4). crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe The Babylonians - Learn about ancient Babylon and the people who lived there. Map title: Jacob's Travels. 2. ah)X uOaAC) 80*P`=`P9@a. Jacob and his mother deceived his father Isaac into blessing Jacob and he fled eastward. Shortly after, Isaac dies, and Jacob and Esau bury their father in the family tomb at Machpelah Cave. the pestilence. Genesis 35:9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him. But Jacob, a fugitive from Esau, was in no position to bargain. Haran first appears in the Book of Genesis as the home of Terah and his descendants, and as Abraham's temporary home. Joshua 19:2 They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah. The miles based distance from Beersheba to Bethel is 6011.8 miles. After this he proceeds on his journey without any memorable incident. Isaac spent his last days here, and at the age of 180 years died and was buried in the family sepulcher, Machpelah (Gen. 35:27-29). This is where he deceived Abimelech, the king of Gerar (Gen. 26:1-16). During the 15th century BC, the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III defeated a Canaanite coalition under the kings of Kedesh and Megiddo at the Battle of Megiddo, fought in the Valley of Jezreel. How do I say I live in grade 7 in hiragana? Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. Write by: . Hebron was the original name, changed to Kirjath Arba during Israel's sojourn in Egypt, and restored by Caleb, to whom it was given at the conquest of Israel (Genesis 23:2; Joshua 14:13-15). Travelling north, he rests for the night at Luz (Bethel) and has an amazing dream. Zephaniah & Habakkuk foretell Judah's fall, Zephaniah warns of the punishment of Judah, Habakkuk asks why the cruel Babylonians succeed, 44. It was made a Levite city of refuge (Joshua 21:11-13). The first European who was permitted to enter this mosque was the Prince of Wales in 1862. How many miles did Jacob travel from Beersheba to Haran? Or eternal life in God's kingdom? In Genesis 46, Jacob took his family to Egypt to meet Joseph. It is more likely that Harran is based on Istanbul, Turkeys largest city and former capital. Abraham took Isaac to the Mountains of Moriah to offer him as burnt offering in obedience to God. H_o016cTU"V)$x)#aS IJ ls.L]~,@@+GqpfiZJ/xv,Q*p@s_8O%Ys(JB3Wf "Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. Then it was that he dreamed, and in the dream the Lord . Beersheba. Harran, also spelled Haran, Roman Carrhae, ancient city of strategic importance, now a village, in southeastern Turkey. 2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's brother. (HC,wN3@2 |f{onRHX{ra( He puts his wives and children on camels and crosses the river (the River Euphrates) then heads for the hill country of Gilead. Joshua 15:28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah. Here the name is ascribed to the Hebrew root shabha`, "to swear," but this same root is connected with the idea of seven, seven victims being offered and to take an oath, meaning "to come under the influence of seven." Verse 1. cult) of Beersheba liveth." Today, many non-conformist Christian chapels in Britain are called Bethel to indicate that they are the House of God. Today, many non-conformist Christian chapels in Britain are called, 1. Gen 30:25-43 Jacob agrees with his uncle Laban that he will take the speckled sheep and goats as his wages for the next six years. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). He works seven years for his uncle Laban in return for Rachel, but is tricked into marrying Leah (the elder daughter who, by tradition, was expected to be married first). approximately. In the familiar phrase 'from Dan to Beersheba' (Jdg. uRj B2J/Gh Z+Y-j\aHit$LdSONF6U`t[UIjSzJ[UXSaZkY8DilLZ-v= Later History: Probably during the captivity Hebron came into the hands of Edom, though it appears to have been colonized by returning Jews (Neh 11:25); it was recovered from Edom by Simon Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:65; Josephus, Ant, XII, viii, 6). Genesis 46:5 Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. It was a favourite place of abode of both of these patriarchs (21:33-22:1, 19; 26:33; 28:10). It appears again in the Book of Ezekiel (27:23) as a former trading partner of the Phoenician city Tyre. Genesis 28:10-22 describes the Lord's appearance in a dream, given to Jacob while on the road to Haran in Mesopotamia, the region where Rebekah's brother Laban lives. 3. He was finally buried in the Cave of Machpelah. In the time of Jerome it was still a considerable place, and still retains its ancient name --Bir es-Seba. e@%&5mEV]+y$\~3i[ . Jehovah testified His acceptance of David's sacrifice there by sending down fire to consume it (Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:24; 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Chronicles 7:1). oq Bt c8D"xv7 0000011875 00000 n 0000009371 00000 n 1 Samuel 3:20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh. Story Oriented. Robinson (BW, XVII, 247) has described how he found seven ancient wells there-probably still more will yet be found. Isaiah offers comfort to those in exile, Words of comfort after the fall of Jerusalem, Those returning are encouraged to follow the LORD, The LORD's blessing will rest on Jerusalem, 41. Make a copy of BLM 3A Jacob's According to the Hebrew Bible, Haran was the place where Terah settled with his son Abraham (at that time called Abram), his grandson Lot, and Abram's wife Sarah (at that time known as Sarai) during their planned journey from Ur Kadim (Ur of the Chaldees) to the Land of Canaan. Genesis 28King James Version. 2 Kings 23:8 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 0000042671 00000 n 8. They reached Egypt after a 65 kilometers journey where they lived for three years until after the death of Herod in 4 B.C. On the way Jacob wrestled with a mysterious stranger, a divine being, who changed Jacobs name to Israel. Ya'acov) was the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham the first Hebrew. but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried. I will do as you say, he said. On his first night out from Beersheba he lit upon a certain place and making a pillar of the stones lay down to sleep. (See JEHOVAH JIREH; GERIZIM.) Jacob was awestruck and declared This place issurely the house of God (Genesis 28:17). Jacob Encounters God at Bethel ( Genesis 28:10-22) As Jacob flees from his family in Beersheba, he stops along the way one night to sleep. 3. Abraham had moved his family to the "region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. Gene 23:19 About a mile from the town, up the valley, is one of the largest oak trees in Israel. A Sacred Shrine: Beersheba was a sacred shrine. "The mount of the Lord" (Genesis 22:14) means almost always Mount Zion. From Dan to Beersheba (2 Sam 17:11, etc.) The most southern city of Israel Jud 20:1 Named by Abraham, who lived there Ge 21:31-33; 22:19 The place where Isaac lived Ge 26:23 Jacob went out from, toward Haran Ge 28:10 Sacrifices offered at, by Jacob; when journeying to Egypt Ge 46:1 In the inheritance of Judah Jos 15:20,28; 2Sa 24:7 Afterward assigned to Simeon Jos 19:2,9; 1Ch 4:28 Two sons of Samuel were judges at 1Sa 8:2 Became a seat of idolatrous worship Am 5:5; 8:14 -2. If You Like these maps please click the button to "Like" us on Facebook. The southern limit of the Holy Land, as Dan in the N.: "from Dan to Beersheba" (compare in David's census, 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Samuel 24:2-7) comprehends the whole. "Another account is given (Genesis 26:23-33), where Isaac takes an oath and just afterward, "the same day Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged (dug), and said unto him, We have found water. Traditional bee-hive shaped houses at Harran (Glumik), The Jezreel Valley from Megiddo (Joe Freeman). Esau came up from Seir and met Jacob in peace; Jacob then continued on as far as Shechem (Genesis 33). Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 1 Chronicles 4:28 They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual. association with Jacob Arriving at his uncle Laban's home in Haran, Jacob fell in love with his cousin Rachel. Evidently the threshing floor on Moriah was near the real Mount Zion, the city of David (on the eastern not the western half of Jerusalem).Mount Moriah in Hitchcock's Bible Names bitterness of the LordMount Moriah in Smiths Bible Dictionary (chosen by Jehovah). Genesis 21:33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God. 2. At this time he dreams of a stairway stretching from earth to heaven. 6. In Gen 21:31 Abraham and Abimelech took an oath of witness that the former had dug the well and seven ewe lambs were offered in sacrifice, "Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them." Israel becomes a kingdom under Saul and David, Jonathan demolishes the Philistine pillar at Geba, Saul is killed by the Philistines at Mt Gilboa, The Ark of the Covenant is brought to Jerusalem, David's victories over Israel's neighbours, Absalom's flight & his rebellion against David, 31. It lies along the Balkh River, 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Urfa. Here Solomon's temple was built, on the spot that had been the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite (2 Sam. Joshua 15:28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, Joshua 19:2 They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, Genesis 26:33 He called it Shibah. The Days of the Monarchy: David, when a fugitive, received kindness from the people of this city (1 Sam 30:31); here Abner was treacherously slain by Joab at the gate (2 Sam 3:27), and the sons of Rimmon, after their hands and feet had been cut off, were hanged "beside the pool" (2 Sam 4:12). Gen 27:1-40 Jacob, now aged 50, disguises himself as his older brother Esau, and deceives his elderly father Isaac in order to get the blessing of the first-born. 0000011775 00000 n [7] The region of Haran is referred to variously as Paddan Aram and Aram-Naharaim. What kind of triangle has no equal sides or angles. trailer His favourite is Joseph, the son of Rachel, born in c.1700BC. Travelling north, he rests for the night at Luz (Bethel) and has an amazing dream (see6 on Map 41). 0000037166 00000 n Genesis 21:31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there. 10:36, 37; 12:10; 14:13). Genesis 28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. - Ancient GeographyHebron in Easton's Bible Dictionary a community; alliance. 0000002368 00000 n By selective breeding, he ensures that most of the new lambs are speckled, and so builds up his own flocks at Labans expense. What Jehovah has made one see (this hophal mowreh occurs four times in the Pentateuch, nowhere in later books) "the vision of Jehovah". How many miles did Jacob travel from Beersheba to Haran? The whole neighborhood is strewn with the ruins of the Byzantine city which once flourished there; it was an episcopal see. 3. After Abimelech had allowed him to leave Gerar, Isaac dug a well at Esek, but the men of Gerar were envious of Isaac's prosperity and contended with the herdmen of Isaac and forced him to leave (Gen. 26:19, 20).
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