Abram's Migration "Thus says the YHWH, the God of Israel, 'From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, and they served other gods. Here he pitched his tent under the oaks of Mamre, by which name it came afterwards to be known; and here Sarah died, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen. 23:17- 20), which he bought from Ephron the Hittite. Abraham's family started out from Ur of the Chaldees and traveled to Haran. You must bring the file to an Office Depot or similar store for easy color print and lamination. He captured the city, razed it to the foundations, and sowed it with salt. New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. We can only surmise as to what drove their family to settle in Haran temporarily (whether it's the town's prosperity or relative peace), but to uproot himself and his family from a familiar . )Ur in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE ur ('ur, "flame"; Codex Vaticanus Sthur; Codex Sinaiticus Ora): Father of Eliphal, one of David's "mighty men," in 1 Ch 11:35; in the parallel 2 Sam 23:34 called "Ahasbai. The existence of "bears," two, near the town, implies that Bethel was then less frequented (2 Kings 2:23- 25). 2Ch 13:19 Elijah visited Bethel, and we hear of "sons of the prophets" as resident there. This accounts for a school of prophets of Jehovah being there in Elijah's time (2 Kings 2:2-3). The name appears in Assyro-Babalonian as Charran, which means "road"; possibly because here the trade route from Damascus joined that from Nineveh to Carchemish. The word Nile nowhere occurs in the Authorized Version but it is spoken of under the names of Sihor [SIHOR] and the "river of Egypt." 1 Chr. The Celestial Nile A river of North Africa, the great river of Egypt. 1025-1018 BC. The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel - Brief Overview of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness and the Ark of the Covenant. One of Jeroboam's two sanctuaries for the calf worship, selected doubtless because of its religious associations (1 Kings 12-13). Josephus (B. J. It lay in the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was increased by the well Jacob dug there. Red Line in Map - Abraham's journey from Ur of the Chaldees to Haran and then through the Promised Land to Shechem. It shared this honour, however, with another city, and this city was Haran, or Harran. The Bible also mentions that Abraham paid him 1/10th of all his spoils from the war as a "tithe". There the prophet from Judah foretold the overthrow of the calf altar by Josiah. Roman Empire Map - Includes Dozens of Bible Maps + Clear Plastic Overlays Old Testament Bible Maps cover areas such as Middle East, Holy Land (Old Testament), Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Kingdoms, and Persian Empire. Shechem in Easton's Bible Dictionary shoulder. Isaac was the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah; he was the husband of Rebekah and the father of the twin brothers Jacob and Esau. (2.) The naming of Bethel Jacob repeated more publicly on his return home, 20 years later, with his family purified of idols, when God again appeared to him, and confirmed his change of name to Israel (Genesis 35:1-15; Genesis 32:28). It was also visited by the Marquis of Bute in 1866, and by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany (then Crown-Prince of Prussia) in 1869. "Two, physical features must have secured Orfah, from the earliest times, as a nucleus for the civilization of those regions. He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. During the famine, this became the home of the Israelites. Download) 1-Year License $ 20.00; . From this lake to the mouth of the Nile the distance is 2300 miles in a straight line --one eleventh the circumference of the globe. Shechem was assigned to the Levites, and made a city of refuge. Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here. (Gen. 11:31; Acts 7:2-4). The ruins, covering three or four acres, still bear a like name, Beitin, on a low bill, between two wadies, which unite in the main valley of es-Suweinit, toward the S.E. Called Hur by the natives, and on monuments Ur. "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." 2. The hieroglyphic name of Egypt is Kam, "black." Probably on rising ground East of Bethel Abraham and Lot stood to view the uninviting highlands and the rich lands of the Jordan valley (Gen 13:9 ff). Moriah. A city north of Jerusalem The ancient city adjacent to, and finally embraced in, was called Luz Jos 18:13; Jud 1:23-26 Abraham estblishes an altar at Ge 12:8; 13:3,4 The place where Jacob saw the vision of the ladder Ge 28:10-22; 31:13; Ho 12:4 And builds an altar at Ge 35:1-15 Deborah dies at Ge 35:8 Conquered by Joshua Jos 8:17; with 12:16 Conquered by the household of Joseph Jud 1:22-26 Allotted to Benjamin Jos 18:13,22 Court of justice held at By Deborah Jud 4:5 By Samuel 1Sa 7:16 Tabernacle at, and called HOUSE OF GOD Jud 20:18,31; 21:2 Jeroboam institutes idolatrous worship at 1Ki 12:25-33; 2Ki 10:29 Idolatry at Jer 48:13; Am 4:4 Shalmanezer sends a priest to 2Ki 17:27,28 Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at 1Ki 13:1-6,32; 2Ki 23:4,15-20; Am 3:14 The school of prophets at 2Ki 2:3 The young men of, mock Elisha 2Ki 2:23,24 People of, return from Babylon Ezr 2:28; Ne 7:32 Prophecies against Am 5:5 -2. Green Line - The route Abraham's most trusted servant Eliezer takes to Haran in order to find a wife for Isaac. Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) In the time of the kings we find that the city was once more a gathering-place of the nation. He "made a covenant with the people that day" at the very place where, on first entering the land, they had responded to the law from Ebal and Gerizim (Josh. Jotham's parable as to the trees, the vine, the fig, and the bramble, were most appropriateShechem in Hitchcock's Bible Names part; portion; back early in the morningShechem in Naves Topical Bible 1. A Levite 1Ch 23:9 -4. After the occupation of the land by the Israelites, Hebron became one of the cities of refuge. frontJACOB on the massacre by Simeon and Levi, Genesis 34.) Smith's Bible Dictionary suggests that nachal) is related to the Nile and is that river; but the distinctness with which nachal) is mentioned, and not as elsewhere Sihor, or "river," Ye'or, forbids the identification. Abijah, king of Judah, took Bethel from Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:19), but it was soon recovered by Israel. 35 degree East, and flows Northwest 850 miles to its junction with the White North. The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. 1926.) 2. Ge 24:10 with Gene 27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, Ge 24:10 or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. It was in Beersheba that Abraham received the command from the Lord to take his only son Isaac to Mount Moriah, a mountain of Salem, to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Gen. 22:1-18).16. 7:32). Son of Shemidah 1Ch 7:19Shechem in Smiths Bible Dictionary (back or shoulder). A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. It became, four centuries later, the first great gathering place of the Israelites after their occupation of the Promised Land. In process of time the name Luz disappeared, giving place to that of the adjoining sanctuary, town and sanctuary being identified. The Sanctuary: The town was originally called Luz (Gen 28:19, etc.). Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah as the family sepulcher and buried his wife Sarah there (Gen. 23: 1-20). Khalil er Rahman, "the friend of the Merciful," i.e. 13:22). Ritter makes Medinet Gai answer to Ai. This, say some, is the very tree beneath which Abraham pitched his tent, and it still bears the name of the patriarch. Abraham and his family departed up the Euphrates River to Haran. Abram doubtless built the altar, and afterwards stood with Lot when giving him his choice of the land (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:10). When David became king of Judah this was his royal residence, and he resided here for seven and a half years (2 Sam. 4. Well known at Abram's entrance into Canaan, 3,780 years ago (Genesis 42:18). Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. . To the rich pasture land near Shechem Joseph came to seek his brethren (Gen 37:12 ff). Abraham continued his journey southward and came to a mountain near Bethel, where he built a second altar (Genesis 12:8).6. 2Ki 17:27,28 In later times Bethel is named only once under the scarcely-altered name of Beitin. I. 24:4; Josh. Geological Origin: The Nile originated Hosea 9:6 - For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles. On the return from Babylon some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba (Nehemiah 11:25). (See EGYPT T0001137. Bible Maps - overlaps with #2 but has maps not in the alphabetical listing. Along this stretch, the vegetation was thinner, the water scarcer, the road bleaker and rougher and less . Under Jehu, who restored the calf worship, and Jeroboam II his great grandson, Bethel comes again into prominence (2 Kings 10:29). Gen. 28:18; 31:44-48; Ex. 1. Ur developed during the reign of the Sumerian kings (c.3000 - 2300BC) and had been a major city for hundreds of years when Abram was born. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes(Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use). granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). 1010-1003 BC. Abraham. The temple, which had been destroyed, was rebuilt by Ashurbanipal, who was here crowned with the crown of Sin. A second tradition, which appears in the Talmud, finds Ur in Warka, 120 miles southeast from Babylon and four east of the Euphrates. It was in Gerar that Abraham deceived King Abimelech (Gen. 20:1-18).14. The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. 2. 4:212) down to Nabonid (540 B.C.) Abraham lived in Ur with his father, Terah; his nephew, Lot; and his wife, Sarah. 1. It was one of Samuel's towns of circuit for judging (1 Samuel 7:16). haran, i.e., "parched;" or probably from the Accadian charana, meaning "a road." During his stay at this place Ishmael was born (Gen. 16: 1-16) and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed (Gen. 18:1 - 19:38)13. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. Ge 11:29 and Iscah. Abraham's family settled in Haran for many years until Terah died at the age of 205, then God called Abraham to go and continue the journey to Canaan. Heb. During this time he made a covenant with king Abimelech. A little north of Cairo it divides into two branches, one flowing to Rosetta and the other to Damietta, from which place the mouths are named. It was destroyed at the time of the Conquest, and its place was taken by Shechem. Ararat The Tower of Babel It was ordered by God that the votaries of the calf worship at Bethel never dared to violate the sepulchre and title of the prophet who denounced their idol. The Nile is also the principal river included in the phrase nahare kush, "rivers of Ethiopia" (Isa 18:1). It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. Haran and the temple suffered much damage in the invasion of the Umman-Manda (the Medes). In the morning Jacob set up "for a pillar" the stone which had served as his pillow (Gen 28:18; see PILLAR, matstsebhah), poured oil upon it and called the name of the place Bethel, "house of God"; that is, of God whose epiphany was for him associated with the pillar. Ur was also a cemetery and city of tombs, doubtless because of its sacred character, from whence the dead were brought to it from vast distances for 1,800 years. Poetically the Nile is called yam, "sea" (Job 41:31; Nah 3:8; probably Isa 18:2), but this is not a name of the river. to Cairo. Bethuel, 1 Chronicles 4:30. On the E. of Gerizim and Ebal the flue plain of Mukhna stretches from N. to S. Here first in Canaan God appeared to Abraham (Genesis 12:6), and here he pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak or terebinth (not "plain") of Moreh; here too Jacob re-entered the promised land (Genesis 33:18- 19), and "bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent," from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, and bequeathed it subsequently to Joseph (Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:32; John 4:5); a dwelling place, whereas Abraham's only purchase was a burial place. The Nile in the Osirian Myth 3. The valley runs from north to south, and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the great mosque, lies partly on the eastern slope. Upper Egypt was a bit further south from Lower Egypt, starting at Memphis (bottom of . History of the City. The Location of Temples 2. Resources, Free Bible Software, Bible Art, Biblical History Topics and Study, and ancient Bible maps of Rome, Greece, and ancient Near East. More altars, besides the original one were erected. Picture Study Bible - StudyBible with Pictures and Maps. In this city Absalom found a center for his disaffection, and repairing there under pretense of performing a vow to Yahweh, he raised the standard of revolt (2 Sam 15:7 f). It is the modern Nablus, a contraction for Neapolis, the name given to it by Vespasian. He was the only biblical patriarch who did not journey out of Canaan. Red Dashed - Abraham's journey from an area between Bethel and Ai to Egypt. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil. 37:12). Keywords: Egypt . 2Ki 2:2,3 But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). (Genesis 11:27-32) Then God called Abram (as he was then called), and told him to travel to Canaan. The great peculiarity of the river is its annual overflow, caused by the periodical tropical rains. Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). Description 2. Ur in Easton's Bible Dictionary light, or the moon city, a city "of the Chaldees," the birthplace of Haran (Gen. 11:28,31), the largest city of Shinar or northern Chaldea, and the principal commercial centre of the country as well as the centre of political power. Abraham's Journey. De 27:11; Jos 24:23-25 it was here Joshua assembled the people, shortly before his death, and deliveredShechem in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE she'-kem (shekhem, "shoulder"; Suchem, he Sikima, ta Sikima, etc. 32 followers Comments. Bethel in Joshua 19:4 answers to Chesil in Joshua 15:30. GENESIS. Twenty Roman miles S. of Jerusalem, and twenty N. of Beersheba. The third resting place of Abram; Shechem was the first, Bethel the second. Shechem became one of the cities of refuge, the central city of refuge for Western Israel (Josh. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dwelt here, and it was here that Abraham bought a tomb - the Cave of Machpelah. A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. --Stanley, Jewish Church, part i.p.7. It was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and Ur was the capital of the ancient Chaldean Empire in ancient Mesopotamia. A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). It was a seat of the worship of Sin, the moon-god, from very ancient times. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. 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). Abram Travels to Canaan c. 2091 b.c.. Abram was born in Ur, a powerful city in southern Babylonia. Here also he raised an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel, "God, the God of Israel" (Gen 33:20). Here too, after a while, he dug a well, which bears his name to this day (John 4:5, 39-42). 7:16). Anonymous.png 462 397; 151 KB. Ur lies six miles distant from the present coarse of the Euphrates, and 125 from the sea; though it is thought it was anciently a maritime town, and that its present inland site is due to the accumulation of alluvium (?). On the round mount S.E. A well nearby is identified as that where Eliezer met Rebekah. Abram arrived in the land, heard from the Lord at Shechem and worshipped at Bethel (Genesis 12:6-8). The feet of these mountains, where they rise from the town, are not more than five hundred yards apart. This is done because the "father of the . "With wonderful clock-like regularity the river begins to swell about the end of June, rises 24 feet at Cairo between the 20th and 30th of September and falls as much by the middle of May. 24:25), the terms of which were recorded "in the book of the law of God", i.e., in the roll of the law of Moses; and in memory of this solemn transaction a great stone was set up "under an oak" (comp. Description: The Nile is formed by the junction of the White Nile and the Blue Nile in latitude 15 degree 45' North and longitude 32 degree 45' East. Ur was the port of Babylonia, whence trade was carried on with the dwellers on the gulf, and with the distant countries of India, Ethiopia, and Egypt.

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