The first European who was permitted to enter this mosque was the Prince of Wales in 1862. 2:46) by his concubine Ephah.Haran in Fausset's Bible Dictionary HARAN was Terah's firstborn son, oldest brother of Abram (who is named first in Genesis 11:27, because heir of the promises), father of Lot, and Milcah who married her uncle Nahor, and Iscah or Sarai who married her uncle Abram, being "daughter (i.e. 1 Chr. The Republic of Gilead, colloquially referred to as simply Gilead or the "Divine Republic", is the totalitarian, theonomic, and neo-Puritanical regime that takes over most of the continental United States of America in The Handmaid's Tale. Gideon, ordered to reduce the number of men who were with him, commanded all who were "fearful and trembling" to "return and depart from Mt. Hapi-ur, "the high Nile," fertilizes the land; the Nile low brought famine. The temple is thoroughly Chaldaean in type, in stages of which two remain, of brick partly sunburnt, partly baked, cemented with bitumen.Ur in Hitchcock's Bible Names fireUr in Naves Topical Bible 1. They would have remained quietly at Haran to the last, to avoid suspicion, and, excepting Leahs four elder sons, the rest would have been too young to be of much use. This, say some, is the very tree beneath which Abraham pitched his tent, and it still bears the name of the patriarch. gil'-e-ad (ha-gil`adh, "the Gilead"): The name is explained in Genesis 31:46, 51, as derived from Hebrew gal, "a cairn," and `edh, "witness," agreeing in meaning with the Aramaic yegharsahadhutha'. Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock; Numbers 32:3 "Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, Numbers 32:5 They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; don't bring us over the Jordan.". Remains of the old cathedral are also conspicuous. 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. Genesis 31:22 First Century Israel Map - The chief temple was the scene of heathen worship until the 11th century, and was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th.The ancient city is represented by the modern Charran to the Southeast of Edessa, on the river Belias, an affluent of the Euphrates. Numbers 32:40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. The same expression in Deuteronomy 3:12 obviously stands for the whole country. Report at a scam and speak to a recovery consultant for free. Dan. "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." Camels average 3 miles per hour for about 8 hours a day. Ac 7:2,4 These are all the indications which Scripture furnishes as to its locality. Hebron is said to have been rounded before Zoan (i.e. Three children are ascribed to him --Lot, vs. Ge 11:27,31 and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver. To the rich pasture land near Shechem Joseph came to seek his brethren (Gen 37:12 ff). 2HC>2H e\K)t_ae\K6.mnvc]\as2~`. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5, 8) calls it in contempt Beth-aven, i.e., "house of idols." Father of one of David's mighty men 1Ch 11:35Ur in Smiths Bible Dictionary was the land of Haran's nativity, Ge 11:28 the place from which Terah and Abraham started "to go into the land of Canaan." Salem. ; the King James Version gives "Sichem" in Gen 12:6; and "Sychem" in Acts 7:16): 1. The streams are fringed with oleander. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." It was about 12 miles N. of Jerusalem. Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Haran and the temple suffered much damage in the invasion of the Umman-Manda (the Medes). 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. The sit of the present city, which was also that of the Hebrew city, occurs exactly on the water-summit; and streams issuing from the numerous springs there flow down the opposite slopes of the valley, spreading verdure and fertility in every direction. Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. Abraham and his army of servants smote the army of the 4 kings of Chedorlaomer and chased them to Hobah, which was located near Damascus. 0 At the disruption Jeroboam fortified the city and made it his residence (2 Ch 10:25; Ant, VIII, viii, 4). Bethel became the king's chapel" (sanctuary) "the king's court" ("house of the kingdom") (Amos 7:13; Amos 3:14-15). It was destroyed at the time of the Conquest, and its place was taken by Shechem. 20:7), and here the bones of Joseph were buried (24:32). It was doubtless by this oak that Jacob, on his return from Paddan-aram, buried "the strange (the American Standard Revised Version "foreign") gods" (Gen 35:4). These hills at the base are but 500 yards apart. (to create for oneself) a. to make oneself. 2 Kings 15:25 Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place. Now Mugheir (a ruined temple of large bitumen bricks, which also "mugheir" means, namely, Um Mugheir "mother of bitumen"), on the right bank of the Euphrates, near its junction with the Shat el Hie from the Tigris; in Chaldaea proper. Gilead at first favored the cause of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 2:9), but after the murder of that prince the Gileadites came with the rest of Israel to David (2 Samuel 5:1). beersheba to haran map. Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus. And yet verse 7 has Jacob listening to them both. Harran, also spelled Haran, Roman Carrhae, ancient city of strategic importance, now a village, in southeastern Turkey. A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. The two last are known to be in the Negev. Abraham, now 75 years old, leaves Haran and takes the family to the land of Canaan (the land of promise . These [were] the chief of the fathers of Laadan.Genesis 11:28 - And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.Genesis 28:10 - And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.Genesis 29:4 - And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? This would be a very long, arduous journey by foot with a caravan of people, possessions, and livestock. 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). Nile River in Easton's Bible Dictionary dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black stream" (Isa. Attempts were made to recover it for Christianity by Baldwin I (1118 A.D.) and Baldwin II (1121 A.D.); and the Crusaders left their mark in such strong-holds as Kal`at er-Rabad and the castle at es-Salt. It was the Orchoe of the Greeks, and probably the Ereck of Holy Scripture. For several days he had been full of rage, and was now in eager anticipation that his vengeance would be fully wreaked, when lo! endstream endobj 37 0 obj <> endobj 38 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> endobj 39 0 obj <>stream It was here the Sumerians established their sophisticated and advanced civilization around 3000 B.C. It is not to be confounded with other places called by the same name. The Damming of the Nile 4. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). 1 Chronicles 2:49 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. For the first 1800 miles (McClintock and Strong say 2300) from its mouth it receives no tributary; but at Kartoom, the capital of Nubia, is the junction of the two great branches, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, so called from the color of the clay which tinges their waters. 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. See Ge 12:6 At the time of Jacob's arrival here, after his sojourn in Mesopotamia, Ge 33:18; 34 Shechem was a Hivite city, of which Hamor, the father of Shechem, was the headman. Jos 21:20,21 It acquired new importance as the scene of the renewed promulgation of the law, when its blessings were heard from Gerizim and its curses from Ebal, and the people bowed their heads and acknowledged Jehovah as their king and ruler. Roman Empire Map - Gideon and his army lay to the South of the plain of Jezreel on the lower slopes of Gilboa. 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. Abraham descended from Shem, Noah's son, and was Noah's great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandson.Before God changed Abraham's name to Abraham, which means "father of a multitude (later we will see why God changed Abraham's name) Abraham's name was Abram which meant "high father".. Abraham lived in a place called Haran. Later God appeared to Abram and promised him that if he would leave his country and journey to a land that he has never seen, God would make of his descendants a great nation and through them the Savior of the world would come, through his "seed." Image. See Bartlett's "Egypt and Israel," 1879. The city, near the place, then bore the Canaanite name Luz. The ruins lie on both sides of the stream, and include those of a very ancient castle, built of great basaltic blocks, with square columns, 8 ft. thick, which support an arched roof some 30 ft. in height. ", Judges 12:5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. A striking point (2,700 ft.) fully 2 miles Northwest of `Ajlun, is crowned by Qal`at er-Rabad, whence again a view of extraordinary extent is gained.5. A town in the south part of Judah, named in Jos 12:16 and 1Sam 30:27 In Jos 15:30; 19:4; 1Ch 4:29,30 the place appears under the name of CHESIL, BETHUL and BETHUEL. ( Israel), why would they arrive at Haran more than 100 miles NORTH o. Apparently there were Israelites in it after the captivity, some of whom on their way to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem met a tragic fate at the hands of Ishmael ben Nethaniah (Jer 41:5 ff). (See MEONENIM T0002483.) In Egypt Abraham deceived the King in order to save his own life and was expelled from the land of Egypt (Gen. 12:9-20). ha'-ran (charan; Charhran): The city where Terah settled on his departure from Ur (Genesis 11:31 f); whence Abram set out on his pilgrimage of faith to Canaan (Genesis 12:1). "Two, physical features must have secured Orfah, from the earliest times, as a nucleus for the civilization of those regions. It is one of the cities named by Rabshakeh as destroyed by the king of Assyria (2 Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12). The city of Dan was located in the north between Hazor and Damascus.10. The charge to "be clean and change garments" may have respect to the recent slaughter of the Shechemites, which polluted those who took part in it (Blunt, Undesigned Coincidences). The Nile god is painted red to represent the inundation, but blue at other times. Terah died in Haran. Gen 37:36 On reaching Egypt in c.1683BC, Joseph is sold by the Midianite traders . It may be that Harran owed its foundation to a king of Ur; at any rate the two cities were bound together by the worship of the same deity, the closest and most enduring bond of union that existed in the ancient world. Samuel visited Bethel on circuit, judging Israel (1 Sam 7:16). Copy. %%EOF He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.". 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. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil. Judges 11:5 It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob; Judges 11:7 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Joshua 13:11 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah; Joshua 13:25 Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah; Joshua 13:31 Half Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Haran and Egypt may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road . Khalil er Rahman, "the friend of the Merciful," i.e. Here he met his bride (Genesis 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. --Stanley, Jewish Church, part i.p.7. 2. Joshua 17:5 Ten parts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; Joshua 17:6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The round-trip, not counting the time in Haran . Hosea 12:11 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. A Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. The city is some 20 miles South of Jerusalem, situated in an open valley, 3,040 ft. above sea-level. One key difference between the J and P stories has to do with who tells Jacob to leave home. So that the Nile increasesNile River in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE nil (Neilos, meaning not certainly known; perhaps refers to the color of the water, as black or blue. The Republic of Gilead, sometimes colloquially referred to simply as Gilead, is the authoritarian, theocratic regime that takes over the United States of America in the novel of The Handmaid's Tale. )Shechem in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("shoulder", or "upper part of the back just below the neck"); explained as if the town were on the shoulder of the heights dividing the waters that flow toward the Mediterranean on the W. and to the Jordan on the E.; or on a shoulder or ridge connected with Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. Genesis 31:23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. The total straight line distance between Haran and Egypt is 5690 KM (kilometers) and 10.2 meters. 1 Chronicles 6:80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs. (The course of the river has been traced for 3300 miles. You can also enter airport name or code from Israel in above fields. Abram pitched his tent on a mountain E. of Bethel, abounding in pasture (Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3). Fly from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Sanliurfa (GNY) Take a taxi from Sanliurfa to Harran. When Abraham was born, Shem was 390 years Old, and his father Noah was 892 years old. shichor, not always written fully, has also been interpreted in a mistaken way of the Nile (see SHIHOR). Abram leaves Haran in 2091 BC. Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. (3.) History:After the conquest, as we have seen, Gilead passed mainly into the hands of Gad. Ff4Wn\ *(pX6%*f2 Beersheba. What is the distance between Haran and Canaan? Acts 7:4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. It would seem that Gilead originally began as various religious extremist groups that believed that America needed to be 'saved' from sin and corruption. HOHAM (which see), king of Hebron, was one of the five kings defeated by Joshua at Beth-horon and slain at Makkedah (Josh 10:3 f). Melchizedek was a mysterious man regarded in the Bible as the priest and king of Salem. Palestinian Territory Distance Chart (Distance Table): For your quick reference, below is a Distance Chart or Distance Table of distances between some of the major cities in Palestinian Territory. 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. Damascus was a great city in the ancient world and it was located in ancient Aram (Syria). They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. The illustration here given represents his cuneiform inscription, written in the Sumerian language, and stamped upon every brick of the temple in Ur. How striking and sudden a change! If he left Ur at all, it was the most natural place to which to go. The Nile has two names: the sacred name Hapi, or Hapi-mu, "the abyss of waters," Hp-ro-mu, "the waters whose source is hidden"; and the common name Yeor Aor, Aur (Atur): both Egyptian names. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. 1 Kings 8:65 "stream" (nachal, not "river".) New Testament Overview - General survey of the New Testament. The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged. The greatest height is toward the South, where it culminates in Jebel Osh`a (3,597 ft.), to the North of es-Salt. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). I. Nabuna`id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. g}(l/w2-k(~0]22Pxi_%@`NWuRXA)-H VX J *) _Zel/Y |q_oZ6UR.fAq%S@wRZ9uY7(J$AV.hM)r|{*w_KV 1. They moved southward and passed by the city of Damascus along the way and it might have been at this time that Abraham secured his servant Eliezer (Gen. 15:2).4. The ancient city is represented by the modern Charran to the Southeast of Edessa, on the river Belias, an affluent of the Euphrates. Obadiah 1:19 Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. Check map and driving Directions from Haran to Hebron helping you find the destination easier. A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah. Finally, when Laban goes to a distance, in another direction, for his sheep-shearing, Jacob sets his sons and his wives upon camels, and follows with the utmost speed. For two centuries it was the capital, and always was held sacred. Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). Abraham was the tenth generation removed from Noah, being a direct descendant of Shem, ( Noah 's son), the father of all the "Semitic" peoples. 2. The loT, translated "myrrh" in the above passage, was probably the gum produced by the Cistus ladaniferus, a flower which still abounds in Gilead.6. Hebron. 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. 1. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by rocky hills. A town in Asher; spelled in Hebrew differently from the former Hebron. He returns to Ai and separates from lot. The great prophet Ezekiel is believed to have written many of his prophecies along the banks of the Kebar/Chebar river while in exile. The hill, which subsequently was called Mount Gilead, lay to the south of the Jabbok; but asMahanaim, reached some days after the meeting with Laban, is to the north of that river, the word Gilead was evidently applied to the whole of the region of chalk cliffs on the east of the Jordan. Eusebius, in Onomasticon, here identifies Shechem with Shalem; but see SHALEM. Here too, after a while, he dug a well, which bears his name to this day (John 4:5, 39-42). it came upon us suddenly like a scene of fairy enchantment. Bethel. When his end was approaching Joshua gathered the tribes of Israel here and addressed to them his final words of counsel and exhortation (chapter 24). . 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 (?). Lot went with him. Though it often expressed itself in deceit, Jacob's tenacious nature was an asset to him. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.Judges 9:41 - And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.Psalms 60:6 - God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.Psalms 108:7 - God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.Genesis 34:26 - And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram. Abraham sent his servant to his home country to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:1-10). It reads: "Ur-Ba'u, king of Ur, who built the temple of the moon-god." Father of one of David's mighty men 1Ch 11:35. Possibly, however, we should read Gilboa for Gilead; or part of the mountain may have borne the name of Gilead. UR OF CHALDEES TO HARAN n About 600 miles distance n Genesis 11:27-32 n Ur 50 miles south of Babylon n Death of Abraham's father Nahor (age 148) n God calls for Abraham to leave Genesis 12:1-3 Acts 7:2-4 HARAN TO SHECHEM n About 400 miles distance n Crossing Jordan at Succoth Genesis 12:1-7 "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). Judges 12:7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. hill of testimony, ( Genesis 31:21), a mountainous region east of Jordan.From its mountainous character it is called "the mount of Gilead" ( Genesis 31:25).It is called also "the land of Gilead" ( Numbers 32:1), and sometimes simply "Gilead" ( Psalms 60:7; Genesis 37:25).It comprised the possessions of the tribes of Gad and Reuben and the south part of Manasseh ( Deuteronomy 3:13 . Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Genesis 27:43). 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. The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel - Brief Overview of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness and the Ark of the Covenant. A well nearby is identified as that where Eliezer met Rebekah. Jewish tradition makes Haran to have been cast into Nimrod's furnace for wavering during Abram's fiery trial.Haran in Hitchcock's Bible Names mountainous countryHaran in Naves Topical Bible 1. It is found about forty times in the Old. Near the city is the well at which the Saviour held his discourse with the woman of Samaria. The Bible shifts its focus in Genesis 12 from the history of the entire human race to a man named Abram, the first Hebrew, and he lived in Ur of the Chaldees. Son of Kohath Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19; 1Ch 6:2,18; 23:12,19Hebron in Smiths Bible Dictionary (alliance). History: Bethel was a royal city of the Canaanites (Josh 12:16). 4. A celebrated city of Western Asia, now Harran, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died (Gen. 11:31, 32), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan. If he said, "No;". Abraham remained at Beersheba for some time. Large Map of the Roman Empire in the Early First Century - Click around on the Places. Over the cave is now the mosque El Haran, from which all but Muslims are excluded jealously (though the Prince of Wales was admitted), and in which probably lie the remains of Abraham and Isaac, and possibly Jacob's embalmed body, brought up in state from Egypt (Genesis 50:13). The average height of the range is about 4,000 ft. above the Jordan valley, or 3,000 ft. above the Mediterranean. Hither came Jacob when he fled from Esau's anger (Gen 27:43). 18. Joshua 22:32 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. )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. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. Terah dies in Haran five years later. Son of Hamor; seduces Jacob's daughter; killed by Jacob's sons Ge 33:19; 34; Jos 24:32; Jud 9:28 Called SYCHEM Ac 7:16 -4. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. 20. his hands are tied by invisible power (Ps 76:10). Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran. The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). ver. The Lord appeared to Abraham again and confirmed his promises, and It was here at Shechem that Abraham built the first altar to the Lord (Gen. 12:6, 7). The Nile as a God 2. We may therefore assume that the trip required 18 days of travel each way, with two additional days for Sabbath observance without travel. Seven days journey.The route chosen by Jacob was apparently the more easterly one, past Tadmor, and through the Hauran, leaving Damascus to the west. A Levite 1Ch 23:9 -4. On his journey to Canaan there were seventeen places that Abraham visited recorded in the Old Testament. Jacob revisited the place on his return from Paddan-aram; here Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under "the oak" (Gen 35:6 f). Joshua 21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs. 500 km between Goshen and the Red Sea crossing their daily rate of travel was 29 km (17 miles) per day. The miles based distance from Haran to Canaan is 7568.9 miles. The Torah describes three main sites where Isaac spends his days prior to the account of the blessing of his sons: Beer-lahai-roi (Gen. 25:11b), Gerar (Gen. 26:1b) [2] and Beer-sheba (Gen. 26:23). In one part of the modern city is a great mosque, which is built over the grave of Machpelah. [Note: The distance between cities in Palestinian Territory distance chart below is straight line distance (may be called as flying or air distance) between the two locations in Palestinian Territory . Where this formation is deep the country is bare and arid, supplied by cisterns and deep wells. Abraham's native place Ge 11:27,28 Abraham leaves Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7 -2. Distance from Israel to major cities are listed below, or choose from the list to calculate distance. Calories Bicycling 185.134 kcal Running 178.121 kcal Jogging 171.108 kcal CO2 Emission VS Trees Flight 643.04 kg (10780Trees) Bike 240.17 kg (4026 Trees) Car 12; Num. This is the fastest route from Jerusalem, AR to Gilead, NE. Haran is one of the oldest cities on earth that is still inhabited today.Founded by settlers migrating west from Mesopotamia in the 18 th century BC, the city was at its peak during the Hittite Empire, based on Central Anatolia in the 12 th century BC. Son of Shemidah 1Ch 7:19Shechem in Smiths Bible Dictionary (back or shoulder). The Location of Cemeteries 3. It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. Streams and Products:The Yarmuk and the Zerqa (see JABBOK) are the main streams, but almost every valley has its perennial brook. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abraham's journey from Haran. frontJACOB on the massacre by Simeon and Levi, Genesis 34.) The royal lists on the monuments enumerate Babylonian kings from Urukh (2230 B.C., possibly the Orchanus of Ovid, Met. Deuteronomy 2:36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered up all before us: Deuteronomy 3:10 all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Then were built such cities as Gadara and Gerasa, which are still imposing, even in ruins. Heb. E. of this mount stands the ruin Tel er Rijmah, "the mound of the heap," answering to Ai or Hai. Hawthorn, mastic and arbutus abound, while many a glen and slope is shady with shaggy oak woods, and, in the higher reaches, with pines. On the return from Babylon some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba (Nehemiah 11:25). a. 3. Later he gave birth to a natural son of him and Sarah in his old age, he named him Isaac which means "laughter". The Infiltration II. There are 412.62 miles from Jerusalem to Gilead in northwest direction and 587 miles (944.68 kilometers) by car, following the I-135 N route. Jeremiah 50:19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. Near Shechem Joseph came to seek his brethren distance from haran to gilead Gen 27:43 ) ft.! Prophet Ezekiel is believed to have been rounded before Zoan ( i.e by Shechem (,!, Jacob & # x27 ; s mighty men 1Ch 11:35 seventeen places that Abraham recorded! Judges 12:5 the Gileadites took the fords of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Bible as the rebuilder of.... Id restored temple and city, adorning them on a lavish scale is. 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