# 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.

## Abraham: from Ur to Hebron (Genesis 11:31-23:20)

1. **Ur** (Genesis 11:31): start
2. **Haran** (Genesis 11:31-12:5): by land
3. **Shechem** (Genesis 12:6-7): by land
4. **Bethel** (Genesis 12:8): by land
5. **Negeb** (Genesis 12:9): by land; the text names only the region
6. **Egypt** (Genesis 12:10-20): by land; the text names only the region
7. **Negeb** (Genesis 13:1): by land; the text names only the region
8. **Bethel** (Genesis 13:3-17): by land
9. **Hebron** (Genesis 13:18): by land
10. **Dan** (Genesis 14:14): by land
11. **Hobah** (Genesis 14:15-16): by land; the text names only the region
12. **Salem** (Genesis 14:18-20): by land
13. **Gerar** (Genesis 20:1-18): by land
14. **Beersheba** (Genesis 21:31-34): by land
15. **Moriah** (Genesis 22:2-14): by land; the text names only the region
16. **Beersheba** (Genesis 22:19): by land
17. **Hebron** (Genesis 23:2-20): by land

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

## Isaac: between Gerar and Beersheba (Genesis 24:62-35:29)

1. **Beer-lahai-roi** (Genesis 24:62): start
2. **Gerar** (Genesis 26:1-16): by land
3. **Valley of Gerar** (Genesis 26:17-21): by land
4. **Rehoboth** (Genesis 26:22): by land
5. **Beersheba** (Genesis 26:23-33): by land
6. **Hebron** (Genesis 35:27-29): by land

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

## Jacob: to Haran and back (Genesis 28:10-47:27)

1. **Beersheba** (Genesis 28:10): start
2. **Bethel** (Genesis 28:11-22): by land
3. **Haran** (Genesis 29:4-31:20): by land
4. **Gilead** (Genesis 31:21-55): by land; the text names only the region
5. **Mahanaim** (Genesis 32:1-2): by land
6. **Penuel** (Genesis 32:22-31): by land
7. **Succoth** (Genesis 33:17): by land
8. **Shechem** (Genesis 33:18-34:31): by land
9. **Bethel** (Genesis 35:1-15): by land
10. **Bethlehem** (Genesis 35:16-20): by land
11. **Eder** (Genesis 35:21-22): by land
12. **Hebron** (Genesis 35:27): by land
13. **Beersheba** (Genesis 46:1-5): by land
14. **Goshen** (Genesis 46:28-47:27): by land; the text names only the region

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.

## Joseph: from Hebron to Egypt (Genesis 37:14-46:29)

1. **Hebron** (Genesis 37:14): start
2. **Shechem** (Genesis 37:14-16): by land
3. **Dothan** (Genesis 37:17-28): by land
4. **Egypt** (Genesis 37:28-36): by land; the text names only the region
5. **Goshen** (Genesis 46:29): by land; the text names only the region

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

A schematic line: straight lines between the stops, in the text's order. It is not the exact way, which the text does not give.

## This document

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