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The patriarchs

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, from Ur to Egypt

The four journeys in the order Genesis tells them, with the verse of every stop. Only the places the text names; where it names only the region, such as the Negev or Egypt, the line goes to a point inside it, in wider dashes.

Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Rehoboth Rehoboth Moriah MORIAH ? Hobah HOBAH ? Eder Eder Valley of Gerar VALLEY OF GERAR ? Dothan Dothan Salem Salem Beer-lahai-roi Beer-lahai-roi Penuel Penuel Succoth Succoth Gerar Gerar Beersheba Beersheba Goshen GOSHEN Mahanaim Mahanaim Dan Dan Shechem Shechem Negeb NEGEB Bethlehem Bethlehem Bethel Bethel Gilead GILEAD Ur Ur Haran Haran Hebron Hebron Egypt EGYPT 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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BY LAND WIDER DASHES: THE TEXT NAMES ONLY THE REGION SCHEMATIC: STRAIGHT LINES BETWEEN THE STOPS, IN THE TEXT'S ORDER; THE REAL WAY WAS LONGER WASH: A REGION'S APPROXIMATE BOUNDS, STRONGER WHERE MORE SOURCES AGREE

Abraham: from Ur to Hebron

GENESIS 11:31-23:20

About 2,200 mi (3,500 km) adding up the map's straight lines.

  1. 1 Ur START 11:31
  2. 2 Haran BY LAND 11:31-12:5
  3. 3 Shechem BY LAND 12:6-7
  4. 4 Bethel BY LAND 12:8
  5. 5 Negeb BY LAND · REGION ONLY 12:9
  6. 6 Egypt BY LAND · REGION ONLY 12:10-20
  7. 7 Negeb BY LAND · REGION ONLY 13:1
  8. 8 Bethel BY LAND 13:3-17
  9. 9 Hebron BY LAND 13:18
  10. 10 Dan BY LAND 14:14
  11. 11 Hobah BY LAND · REGION ONLY 14:15-16
  12. 12 Salem BY LAND 14:18-20
  13. 13 Gerar BY LAND 20:1-18
  14. 14 Beersheba BY LAND 21:31-34
  15. 15 Moriah BY LAND · REGION ONLY 22:2-14
  16. 16 Beersheba BY LAND 22:19
  17. 17 Hebron BY LAND 23:2-20

Isaac: between Gerar and Beersheba

GENESIS 24:62-35:29

About 120 mi (200 km) adding up the map's straight lines.

  1. 1 Beer-lahai-roi START 24:62
  2. 2 Gerar BY LAND 26:1-16
  3. 3 Valley of Gerar BY LAND 26:17-21
  4. 4 Rehoboth BY LAND 26:22
  5. 5 Beersheba BY LAND 26:23-33
  6. 6 Hebron BY LAND 35:27-29

Jacob: to Haran and back

GENESIS 28:10-47:27

About 1,100 mi (1,800 km) adding up the map's straight lines. The farthest point was Haran, about 460 mi (730 km) from Beersheba as the crow flies.

  1. 1 Beersheba START 28:10
  2. 2 Bethel BY LAND 28:11-22
  3. 3 Haran BY LAND 29:4-31:20
  4. 4 Gilead BY LAND · REGION ONLY 31:21-55
  5. 5 Mahanaim BY LAND 32:1-2
  6. 6 Penuel BY LAND 32:22-31
  7. 7 Succoth BY LAND 33:17
  8. 8 Shechem BY LAND 33:18-34:31
  9. 9 Bethel BY LAND 35:1-15
  10. 10 Bethlehem BY LAND 35:16-20
  11. 11 Eder BY LAND 35:21-22
  12. 12 Hebron BY LAND 35:27
  13. 13 Beersheba BY LAND 46:1-5
  14. 14 Goshen BY LAND · REGION ONLY 46:28-47:27

Joseph: from Hebron to Egypt

GENESIS 37:14-46:29

About 420 mi (680 km) adding up the map's straight lines.

  1. 1 Hebron START 37:14
  2. 2 Shechem BY LAND 37:14-16
  3. 3 Dothan BY LAND 37:17-28
  4. 4 Egypt BY LAND · REGION ONLY 37:28-36
  5. 5 Goshen BY LAND · REGION ONLY 46:29

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