Patriarchal Period: Abram came and dwelt by the oaks of MAMRE (which see), "which are in Hebron" Gen (13:18); from here he went to the rescue of Lot and brought him back after the defeat of Chedorlaomer (14:13 f); here his name was changed to Abraham (17:5); to this place came the three angels with the promise of a son (18:1 f); Sarah died here (23:2), and for her sepulcher Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah (23:17); here Isaac and Jacob spent much of their lives (35:27; 37:14); from here Jacob sent Joseph to seek his brethren (37:14), and hence, Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt (46:1). Then, in verse 10, the description of Jacob's journey from Beersheba to Haran begins. God gives Jacob the name Israel, meaning He struggles with God. 7. The place is also called Mizpah (Hebrew for A watchtower) as Laban says, Let the LORD watch over us (Genesis 31:49). Jacob's Journey It's a long way from Beersheba to Haran - about the distance from Savannah, Georgia to Richmond, Virginia. Shortly after, Isaac dies, and Jacob and Esau bury their father in the family tomb at Machpelah Cave. 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). It was the extreme border of the cultivated land. 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. Laban tricked him and Jacbo had to agree to work 7 more years to win Rachel. Free Digital Maps Set: 41 Bible Maps (the complete set) Free! 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). 2. 2. Routing number of commercial bank of Ethiopia? From this place the patriarch departed for Egypt by way of Beersheba (37:14; 46:1). By Amos (5:5) it is classed with Bethel and Gilgal as one of the rival shrines to the pure worship of Yahweh, and in another place (8:14) he writes "They shall fall, and never rise up again," who sware, "As the way (i.e. Jacob now becomes the leading figure in the sacred history. On some low hills north of the large wells are scattered the foundations and ruins of a town of moderate size.Beersheba in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE be-er-she'-ba (be'er shebha`; Bersabee): Allotted originally to Simeon (Josh 19:2), one of "the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah" (Josh 15:28). 0000007394 00000 n It is mentioned among the "cities" given to the tribe of Simeon (Josh. The population is about 8000, of which about 600 are Jews; the remainder Turks and Arabs. 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. Rehoboth (plenty). If he reached Bethel the first night, he must have travelled about fifty miles the first day. Gen 28:20-22 Jacob promises to follow God and to give him a tithe a tenth of all his wealth. Laban caught up with Jacob in the hill country of Gilead. Jacob served in Laban's house for 20 years before fleeing back to Canaan (Genesis 31:1-21). The World of the Old Testament Journeys, 23.The Journeys of Adam, Enoch, Noah & Abraham, Cain is sent on a journey to the east of Eden, 24. (1.) What is the distance between Haran and Canaan? In the first great revolt 1 Chronicles 12:38 - All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel [were] of one heart to make David king.2 Samuel 4:8 - And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.2 Samuel 3:19 - And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.1 Chronicles 29:27 - And the time that he reigned over Israel [was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.2 Samuel 5:5 - In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.1 Kings 2:11 - And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.Joshua 10:39 - And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that [were] therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.2 Samuel 3:20 - So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. 21:2; 2 Sam. Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. Genesis 35:9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him. Abram lived there until he was 75 years old before continuing on to Canaan, in response to the command of God. 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. 500 miles is my best estimate of the Jacob's journey using map History of the City. He had been traveling the ridge road through the Judean hills, and he came to a place called Almond Tree - or Luz, in Hebrew. Then Ornan saw David, and made over to him the threshing floor (1 Chronicles 21:15-16; 1 Chronicles 21:18-26). 0000001336 00000 n Our collection of maps are simple and they are free. The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. It was a very long journey, and he was very tired. (HC,wN3@2 |f{onRHX{ra( Later, in 1011 BC, Saul the first king of Israel was killed by the Philistines at the Battle of Gilboa, overlooking the Vale of Jezreel, and his corpse was displayed on the walls of Beth Shean (see 1 Samuel 28:4, 29:1 & 31:1-10). 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." Jacob set out in haste from Beersheba and camped at Bethel (formerly Luz) before continuing on to Paddan-aram (Genesis 28:10-29:1). 1 Chronicles 2:42-43. distance from canaan to shechem. Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. Genesis 28King James Version. ), "road"; arrntum (pl.).[6]. 0000026716 00000 n 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). Laban caught up with Jacob in the hill country of Gilead. 4m51a[=vj7c>kvY73yEQMa*Ie>#KLX,0m^%G@H" I beersheba to haran map. 24:24, 25; 2 Chr. Distance between Beersheba and Haran is 5340 KM / 3318.3 miles. From Dan to Beersheba (2 Samuel 17:11, etc.) Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. 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. It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. It was here at Beer Laihairoi that his sons, Jacob and Esau, were born (Gen. 24:62-67; 25:24-29). The Israelites journey from Egypt to Mt Sinai, 26. Built seven years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22). "Seven wells" is improbable on etymological grounds; the numeral should in that case be first. The well of, belonged to Abraham and Isaac Ge 21:25,26 -3. (4.) Travelling north, he rests for the night at Luz (Bethel) and has an amazing dream. 1 Kings 19:3 When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. Obadiah foretells the punishment of Edom, Obadiah prophesies the resurgence of Israel, 46. Gen 31:22-30 Laban discovers that his daughters have left and his family idols are missing. The Philistine king made a treaty of peace with him, and Isaac lived there many years. startxref 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? What discomfort did Jacob face in his travel to paddan Aram? To see this page as it is meant to appear, please enable your Javascript! It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. And his mother's name [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.Genesis 21:32 - Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.2 Samuel 17:11 - Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.2 Samuel 24:15 - So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.2 Chronicles 19:4 - And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.Judges 20:1 - Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.2 Samuel 3:10 - To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.2 Samuel 24:7 - And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, [even] to Beersheba.1 Kings 4:25 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.Genesis 21:33 - And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.Genesis 46:1 - And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.1 Samuel 3:20 - And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel [was] established [to be] a prophet of the LORD.1 Kings 19:3 - And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.Genesis 21:31 - Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.1 Samuel 8:2 - Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.Genesis 26:33 - And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.Joshua 19:2 - And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,1 Chronicles 4:28 - And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,Nehemiah 11:27 - And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and [in] the villages thereof,Genesis 28:10 - And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. The wandering Aramean is by modern biblical commentators as well as by Jewish medieval ones usually understood to refer to Jacob, or possibly to all the patriarchs. In Genesis 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." The ruins of the city of Harran, called Haran (Hebrew: , rn) in the Hebrew Bible, might lie within present-day Turkey. Haranis one of the oldest cities on earth that is still inhabited today. 2. 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. 0000007836 00000 n Genesis 26:33 He called it Shibah. Mount Moriah. He puts his wives and children on camels and crosses the river (the River Euphrates) then heads for the hill country of Gilead (see7 on Map 41). 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. What happened to Jacob in Haran and why did he stay there twenty years? From Acts of the Apostles to John's Revelation, 12 Aug. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17,11:20-34, 2 Feb. Genesis 29:31-35,30:1-12,17-24. Jacob meets Esau by the River Jabbok. So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. The earliest recorded confrontation pre-dates the Israelite invasion of Canaan. Jacob's Journey, Jacob's Dream & Jacob's Response . The ancient city of Haran is associated with the Turkish ruins as Harran. John's Letters to the believers in Asia Minor, 20. The Jewish World of the Old Testament, Sources of the History of Israel and Judah. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley running from N. to S. (probably that of Eshcol, whence the spies got the great cluster of grapes, Numbers 13:23), surrounded by rocky hills, still famed for fine grapes. 0000007990 00000 n Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. bottom of the map to calculate the distance Jacob traveled from Beersheba to Bethel (about 90 miles) and then to Haran (about 650 miles total). The Lord changed Jacob's name to Israel and he became the father of 12 sons who became the 12 tribes of Israel (Gen. 25-50). 3. 0000038268 00000 n mchlat Machalath, "sickness, or a harp." 19. Gen 28:1-9 Isaac tells Jacob he must leave, and sends him to Paddan Aram (Plain of Aram in north west Mesopotamia - see Genesis 24:10) to seek a wife from amongst his relatives living in Haran. Haran first appears in the Book of Genesis as the home of Terah and his descendants, and as Abrahams temporary home. 4. xref The miles based distance from Haran to Canaan is 7568.9 miles. Near its junction with the coastal plain, the Vale of Jezreel was guarded and controlled by the well-defended fortress at Megiddo Biblical Armageddon. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. Afterward on Moriah he offered Isaac (Genesis 22:2; Genesis 22:14). Its Position: Geographically Beersheba marked the southern limit of Judah, though theoretically this extended to the "river of Egypt" (Gen 15:18)--the modern Wady el`Avish--60 miles farther south. Beersheba. I will also surely bring you up again. 0000031084 00000 n 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. 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. From the Kingdom of Israel to the Exile, 5. 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. Where is Paddan Aram located today? It was made a Levite city of refuge (Joshua 21:11-13). "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God" Gen (21:33). Abraham took Isaac to the Mountains of Moriah to offer him as burnt offering in obedience to God. Gen 29:31-30:24 Jacob (later called 'Israel' - see Genesis 32:28) has twelve sons by Leah, Rachel and their maidservants who become the fathers of the'12 tribes of Israel'. 1. Jacob then served Laban for another six years, during which he amassed a large amount of property; he then set out with his wives and children to return to Palestine. Home Travel How Far Did Jacob Travel When He Went To Laban. The family of Hebronites sprang from him. In his dream, the LORD renewed his covenant promise to give the land ofCanaanto Jacob and his descendants. There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. Genesis 46:1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. a7C c Along the way he had his dream of Jacob's Ladder. 1 Chronicles 4:28 They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual. Beitin was a prosperous town during Roman times, and still contains the remains of a Byzantine monastery built to commemorate Jacobs dream. 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. 10. 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). 3:1). Gen 31:31-44 Laban cannot findhis household gods (Rachel - who has stolen these family treasures - is hiding them). If this is. He was finally buried in the Cave of Machpelah. 13:22). 0000011875 00000 n Maps are essential for any serious Bible study. It happened while Jacob was on a long journey from Beersheba in the south of Palestine to a place called Harana distance of some 500 miles. crcst test prep; crcst free test questions; paid test; crcst exam prep notes; subscribe His mother's name also [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.Amos 8:14 - They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.1 Chronicles 21:2 - And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it].Genesis 21:14 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.2 Kings 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. 0000007346 00000 n Map title: Jacob's Travels. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. 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). 19:28).Hebron in Fausset's Bible Dictionary 1. His favourite is Joseph, the son of Rachel, born in c.1700BC. xb```b``3f`c` ,{ [See MOUNT MORIAH] 2. He worked for her father, Laban, for seven years to obtain Rachels hand in marriage, but then Laban substituted his older daughter, Leah, for Rachel at the wedding ceremony. A Sacred Shrine: Beersheba was a sacred shrine. Jacob (Heb. It was originally called Kirjath-Arba, " The city of Arba." He was actually 100 years old and Sarah was 90 when Isaac was born and therefore they named him "laughter". Gen 29:1 Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the Easterners. In the New Testament, Haran is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (7:24), in a recounting of the story in Genesis wherein it first appears. Esau came up from Seir and met Jacob in peace; Jacob then continued on as far as Shechem (Genesis 33). Jacob set out in haste from Beersheba and camped at Bethel (formerly Luz) before continuing on to Paddan-aram (Genesis 28:10-29:1). As far as we know, Jacob never had been very far from home. association with Jacob Arriving at his uncle Laban's home in Haran, Jacob fell in love with his cousin Rachel. The stones around the mouth are worn into grooves by the action of ropes for so many ages. 5. What Jehovah has made one see (this hophal mowreh occurs four times in the Pentateuch, nowhere in later books) "the vision of Jehovah". Abdon is read in many manuscriptsHebron in Hitchcock's Bible Names society; friendshipHebron in Naves Topical Bible 1. In the same neighborhood He vouchsafed a vision to Abram (Genesis 14; Genesis 15:1) after Melchizedek had met him in the valley near Salem and Abram paid tithe of the spoils of Chedorlaomer. Jacob remembers that, when he left Canaan twenty years earlier, his brother Esau had threatened to kill him. endstream endobj 787 0 obj[/Separation/Red/DeviceCMYK 800 0 R] endobj 788 0 obj<>stream 0000038201 00000 n Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. The Lord stopped him in the middle of the act and provided a substitute to teach him about God's plan of salvation in offering His only son Jesus. It appears again in the Book of Ezekiel (27:23) as a former trading partner of the Phoenician city Tyre. It is probable that the city of Old Testament times stood where Tell es Seba' now is, some 2 1/2 miles to the East; from the summit a commanding view can be obtained (PEF, III, 394, Sheet XXIV).E. Hebron was called for a time also Mamre, from Abram's ally (Genesis 23:19; Genesis 35:27). H_o016cTU"V)$x)#aS IJ ls.L]~,@@+GqpfiZJ/xv,Q*p@s_8O%Ys(JB3Wf Where did Jacob went to meet his uncle Laban? The biblical term easterner (qedem) refers to people in Jordanian and Arabian deserts, [8] not the lands of the Arameans, which is far to the north of Israel. 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. 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. how far did jacob travel to haran. Gene 23:19 About a mile from the town, up the valley, is one of the largest oak trees in Israel. Travelling north, he rests for the night at Luz (Bethel) and has an amazing dream (see6 on Map 41). Today, many non-conformist Christian chapels in Britain are called Bethel to indicate that they are the House of God.

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