endstream endobj 785 0 obj[/Separation/Blue/DeviceCMYK 799 0 R] endobj 786 0 obj<>stream It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. [7] The region of Haran is referred to variously as Paddan Aram and Aram-Naharaim. Jacob is scared because, when he was younger, he cheated Esau out of his birthright (see Genesis 27:1-40). NTH7>GNp]R0WIGJcFOb 2]0W Bi @[EXg B@fXQ58 * What is the significance of Beersheba in the Bible? Click colored sequential icons for summaries and scripture links. A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:28 -2. 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 (Heb. Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. 2. jacob served in laban's house for 20 years before fleeing back to canaan (genesis 31:1 21). 0000003814 00000 n How long was Jacob with Laban? 1. When David became king of Judah this was his royal residence, and he resided here for seven and a half years (2 Sam. Jacob had been gone from Canaan, the land of his birth, for twenty years. Finding Jesus in the Old Testament: Understanding Jacob's Ladder 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 threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.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. The family traveled to Nazareth which took them a journey of at least 170 kilometers. )R:ZtN128YPafzsNR9oVT)gL!'/t{]s=z8qTJLaU@%'m%s 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.". How many years did Israelites spent in Egypt? 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Over two hundred years later, in c.1208BC, Midianites and Amalekites crossed the River Jordanand headed north west along the Vale of Jezreel to plunder and ravage the lands along the fertile coastal plain. Genesis 29. 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. Leaves Beersheba; Has vision in Bethel; Marries in Haran, works for Laban; Wrestles with God in Penuel; Builds house in Succoth; Builds altar in Shechem; Settles in Bethel; Buries Rachel in Bethlehem; Buries Isaac and Leah . xref Today, many non-conformist Christian chapels in Britain are called Bethel to indicate that they are the House of God. In Genesis 46, Jacob took his family to Egypt to meet Joseph. 0000042671 00000 n qhl "congregation." 9. The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. God is at the top of the ladder and angels are going up and down it. Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. 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. At the coastal end, this lowland routeway joined up with the Via Maris the Way of the Sea which ran along the coastal plain linking the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. In the division of the land it went to the tribe of Simeon (Jos. 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). Forced to serve Rachels father, Laban, for seven years to win her, Jacob was tricked at the end of that time into marrying her sister, Leah. Genesis 28:10 Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 0000004892 00000 n 0000000016 00000 n The earliest recorded confrontation pre-dates the Israelite invasion of Canaan. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. Abraham planted here a" grove" ('eshel) (distinct from the idol grove, Asheerah, or Astarte Baal), or tree, the tamarisk, long living, of hard wood, with long, clustering, evergreenBeersheba in Hitchcock's Bible Names the well of an oath; the seventh wellBeersheba in Naves Topical Bible 1. There is a real-world town called Harran in Turkeys anlurfa Province close to the border with Syria. How do I say I live in grade 7 in hiragana? 3. 1Ch 15:9; 23:19 2. 24:24, 25; 2 Chr. <]>> Ancient Jerusalem - Interactive Study of Jerusalem with Map. If this is. The houses are stone, solidly built, flat-roofed, and have each one or two little cupolas, such as are seen in several parts of Israel. He arrives at Bethel (Luz) and builds an altar to God called El Bethel(God of Bethel). In our last article we followed Jacob as he left his father's house and commenced his long journey to Padan-aram where lived Laban, his mother's brother. Life Changing. The Romano-Jewish world of the New Testament, 22. Tanis) in Egypt (Nu 13:22); its ancient name was Kiriath-arba, probably meaning the "Four Cities," perhaps because divided at one time into four quarters, but according to Jewish writers so called because four patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Adam were buried there. (See JEHOVAH JIREH; GERIZIM.) It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. Old Testament Maps Set: 28 Pro Series Bible Maps, Patriarchs Maps Set: 7 Pro Series Bible Maps, Pro Series Digital Maps Set: 41 Bible Maps (the complete set), Free Digital Maps Set: 41 Bible Maps (the complete set). the locations of Beersheba, Bethel, Haran, and Paddan Aram. Theophanies occurred there to Hagar (Genesis 21:17), to Isaac (Genesis 26:24), to Jacob (Genesis 46:2), and to Elijah (1 Kings 19:5). 9. uRj B2J/Gh Z+Y-j\aHit$LdSONF6U`t[UIjSzJ[UXSaZkY8DilLZ-v= 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. Jeremiah warns of the destruction of Jerusalem, Jeremiah says idolatry will bring Judah's fall, Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem, Miscellaneous flashbacks to earlier times, Gedeliah is murdered & Jeremiah goes to Egypt, 43. Ya'acov) was the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham the first Hebrew. [See MOUNT MORIAH] 2. There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. Genesis 29:1 Commentaries: Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to The World of the New Testament Journeys, English Translations of the New Testament, Jesus teaches how to receive the Holy Spirit, Jesus is changed on the slopes of Mount Hermon, Jesus heralds the end of the sacrificial system, The believers are filled with the Holy Spirit, Stephen is killed & the believers are scattered, 9. Jonah goes to Nineveh & Nahum condemns it, Jonah is thrown overboard to appease the gods, 42. The well dug by Abraham and secured to him by oath had been covered and lost. a7C c Paul's Journey to Phrygia, Macedonia & Archaia, 11. Jacob was awestruck and declared This place issurely the house of God (Genesis 28:17). The Journeys of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph, Jacob cheats Esau and flees to Mesopotamia, 25. Hebron is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing; and in this respect it is the rival of Damascus. Jacob's Journey Map - Good News Bible Reading Program. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. Or eternal life in God's kingdom? Genesis 28 MBBTAG;NIV;KJV - Kaya tinawag ni Isaac si Jacob at - Bible 0000009318 00000 n Esau came up from Seir and met Jacob in peace; Jacob then continued on as far as Shechem (Genesis 33). 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. In 1894 as the bird flies the total straight line distance between Goshen Egypt. The total straight line distance between Beersheba and Bethel is 9675 KM (kilometers) and 127.36 meters. ah)X uOaAC) 80*P`=`P9@a. 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. Make a copy of BLM 3A Jacob's (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) The Journey of Isaac (10 Key Locations)The land of Canaan was indeed the inheritance of the descendants of Abraham, but Isaac like his father would only be a pilgrim in this wonderful land. Ge 37:14 comp. In 2 Kings (19:12) and Isaiah (37:12) Haran reappears in the late 8th to early 7th century BC context of the Neo-Assyrian Empire's conquests. 0000007394 00000 n Harran, also spelled Haran, Roman Carrhae, ancient city of strategic importance, now a village, in southeastern Turkey. (1.) 0000004103 00000 n century BC and which have been rebuilt in the same style many times during the intervening centuries. A city of the tribe of Judah, south of Jerusalem When built Nu 13:22 Fortified 2Ch 11:10 Called KIRJATH-ARBA Ge 23:2 ARBA Ge 35:27; Jos 15:13 Abraham lived there and Sarah died at Ge 23:2 Hoham, king of, confederated with other kings of the Canaanites against Joshua Jos 10:3-39 Descendants of the Anakim live at Nu 13:22; Jos 11:21 Conquest of, by Caleb Jos 14:6-15; Jud 1:10,20 A city of refuge Jos 20:7; 21:11,13 David crowned king of Judah at 2Sa 2:1-11; 3 David crowned king of Israel at 2Sa 5:1-5 The burial place of Sarah Ge 23:2 The burial place of Abner 2Sa 3:32 The burial place of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:12 The conspirators against Ish-bosheth hanged at 2Sa 4:12 Absalom made king at 2Sa 15:9,10 Jews of the Babylonian captivity lived at Ne 11:25 Pool of 2Sa 4:12 -3. Again, from the like oath between Abimelech (with Phichol, his captain) and Isaac, it being not uncommon for an event to be recorded as occurring apparently for the first time, which has been recorded as occurring earlier before: so Bethel (Genesis 26:31-33). Traditional bee-hive shaped houses at Harran (Glumik), The Jezreel Valley from Megiddo (Joe Freeman). What happened to Jacob first month in Harran? Jacob remembers that, when he left Canaan twenty years earlier, his brother Esau had threatened to kill him. New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. 0000004683 00000 n And David made Abner and the men that [were] with him a feast.Joshua 11:21 - And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.Joshua 10:23 - And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, [and] the king of Eglon.2 Samuel 2:1 - And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom. How far from Beersheba to Haran? - Answers Jacob's dream by Jusepe De Ribera. One of the largest oaks in Israel is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. 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. 0000007940 00000 n "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. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. how far did jacob travel to haran - Legal-innovation.com Jacob set out in haste from Beersheba and camped at Bethel (formerly Luz) before continuing on to Paddan-aram (Genesis 28:10-29:1). But now he is called upon to make this dangerous journey across uncharted . how far did jacob travel to haran. The period between Abrahams call to enter Canaan (AM 2021) and Jacobs entry into Biblical Egypt is 215 years, calculated from the ages of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the period in Egypt is stated in the Book of Exodus (12:40) as 430 years, although the Septuagint and the Samaritan Pentateuch texts both give only 430. The other well is 5 feet in diameter, and was 42 feet to the water. 20:1; 1 Chr. Since the 1950s, archeological excavations of Harran have been conducted,[1][2] which have yielded insufficient discoveries about the site's pre-medieval history[3] or of its supposed patriarchal age. Although the placename can be found in English as Haran, Charan, and Charran, it should not be confused with the personal name Haran, borne by Abram's brother, among others. 2. Ezekiel warns of the conquest of Jerusalem, Ezekiel's vision of idolatry in the Temple, Ezekiel speaks through prophesies and parables, Further prophecies & the fall of Jerusalem, Hope for the future - New life for Israel, 45. 2. Beersheba is mentioned in Genesis 21:31 as the place where Abraham made a treaty with Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar. If You Like these maps please click the button to Like us on Facebook. ^D$=;yE!3%2:I1^ymoJ;_Zc_*j C^g| 28 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 3. There are 632.08 miles from Mesopotamia to Canaan in southwest direction and 749 miles (1,205.40 kilometers) by car, following the I-65 S route. The water is excellent, and grass with crocuses and lilies abounds. A Sacred Shrine: Beersheba was a sacred shrine. John's Revelation to the 7 Churches of Asia, John's Letter to the 7 Churches of Asia Minor, The messages to the believers on the coastal plain, The messages to the believers living inland, 21. Jacob now becomes the leading figure in the sacred history. He was actually 100 years old and Sarah was 90 when Isaac was born and therefore they named him "laughter". startxref Over the former probably David hung Ishbosheth's murderers (2 Samuel 4:12). 242 miles, from Beersheba to Jabal al Lawz, Saudi Arabia (the real mt sinai How far is Haran to Jerusalem? %%EOF Genesis 28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. Beersheba. of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. haran to canaan distance After the occupation of the land by the Israelites, Hebron became one of the cities of refuge. Well known at Abram's entrance into Canaan, 3,780 years ago (Genesis 42:18). It meant leaving the Promised Land and venturing into territory Jacob had never entered. (HC,wN3@2 |f{onRHX{ra( The third resting place of Abram; Shechem was the first, Bethel the second. Jacob meets Esau by the River Jabbok. Distance between Beersheba and Haran is 5340 KM / 3318.3 miles. 6Qe8Af::^&1GF Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. 0000004537 00000 n Within the last few years this long-deserted spot-a wide stretch of shapeless ruins, the haunt of the lawless Bedouin-has been re-occupied; the Turks have stationed there an enlightened Kaimerkhan (subgovernor); government offices and shops have been built; wells have been cleared, and there is now an abundant water supply pumped even to the separate houses. be-er-she'-ba (be'er shebha`; Bersabee): Allotted originally to Simeon (Joshua 19:2), one of "the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah" (Joshua 15:28).1. It lay, like all threshing floors, outside the city, upon Mount Moriah, N.E. 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? A Grammar of Akkadian (Second Edition, 2008), p. 36, p. 497, Last edited on 10 November 2022, at 05:50, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harran_(biblical_place)&oldid=1121043984, This page was last edited on 10 November 2022, at 05:50. 0000081481 00000 n Isaac was born after Abraham returned from Gerar. Map of the Journeys of Isaac, the Son of Abraham. (See OAK ?T0002758.) He had been traveling the ridge road through the Judean hills, and he came to a place called Almond Tree - or Luz, in Hebrew. It was David's first capital. 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.