Hebron. Ge 33:19; Jos 24:32; Joh 4:5 The field lay undoubtedly on the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was the greater on account of the well which Jacob had dug there, so as not to be dependent on his neighbors for a supply of water. Near the city is the well at which the Saviour held his discourse with the woman of Samaria. Sometime around 1900 BC the Lord told Abraham to leave his home and country and go to a land that He would show him. 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. It was called by the Romans Neapolis, and the Arabs have corrupted this into Nabulus, its modern name. Pharaoh expels Abram. 19:28).Hebron in Fausset's Bible Dictionary 1. 17:2). Bethel, the place, is expressly distinguished from Luz, the old Canaanite city. 33:8 ). g}(l/w2-k(~0]22Pxi_%@`NWuRXA)-H VX J *) _Zel/Y |q_oZ6UR.fAq%S@wRZ9uY7(J$AV.hM)r|{*w_KV 7:28, has entirely disappeared. Ge 11:31 It is called in Genesis "Ur of the Chaldaeans," while in the Acts St. Stephen places it, by implication, in Mesopotamia. HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. During his stay at this place Ishmael was born (Gen. 16: 1-16) and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed (Gen. 18:1 - 19:38)13. In Jdg 1:22 ff it is represented as held by Canaanites, from whom the house of Joseph took it by treachery (compare 1 Ch 7:28). It stood in the narrow sheltered valley between Ebal on the north and Gerizim on the south, these mountains at their base being only some 500 yards apart. 500, but long continued, like Erech, to be a great sacred cemetery city, as is evident from the number of tombs found there. 1:22, etc.) beersheba to haran map. It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. of Bethel. Its bed is cut through layers of nummulitic limestone (of which the pyramids of Ghizeh are built, full of nummulites, which the Arabs call "Pharaoh's beans"), sandstone under that, breccia verde under that, azoic rocks still lower, with red granite and syenite rising through all the upper strataNile River in Naves Topical Bible Called THE RIVER Isa 11:15; 19:5-10; Eze 29:4; Am 8:8 -Called SIHOR Isa 23:3; Jer 2:18Nile River in Smiths Bible Dictionary (blue, dark), the great river of Egypt. Geology:The geological formation is the same as that of Western Palestine, but the underlying sandstone, which does not appear West of the Jordan, forms the base slopes of the chain of Moab and Gilead, and is traceable as far as the Jabbok. To the rich pasture land near Shechem Joseph came to seek his brethren (Gen 37:12 ff). The same expression in Deuteronomy 3:12 obviously stands for the whole country. This is the east side. Travellers vie with each other in the language which they employ to describe the scene that here bursts so suddenly upon them on arriving in spring or early summer at this paradise of the holy land. 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 cheapest) may suggest quieter roads or avoiding tolls . 18. Salem. And they said, Of Haran [are] we.Genesis 11:27 - Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.1 Chronicles 2:46 - And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.Genesis 11:31 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 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. This mountain commands a most spacious view. Its spacious uplands, its wooded and well-watered valleys have been for centuries the pasture-land of the nomads.LITERATURE.Useful information will be found in Merrill, East of the Jordan; Oliphant, Land of Gilead; Thomson, LB; and especially in Conder, Heth and Moab, and in Memoirs of the Survey of Eastern PalestineW. After a reign of three years Abimelech was rejected by the people. (1.) Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you. 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). Genesis 11:32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. 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. During the civil war with Benjamin the tribes took the ark thither to consult God (compare 1 Samuel 10:3). Abram doubtless built the altar, and afterwards stood with Lot when giving him his choice of the land (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:10). Es Salt is the only village of any importance in the South. Joshua 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon; Joshua 12:5 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. David fled to Mahanaim from Absalom, and that rebel prince perished in one of the forests of Gilead (2 Samuel 17:24; 2 Samuel 18:6). 33 degree East (more exactly the Nile may be said to rise at the headwaters of the Ragera River, a small stream on the other side of the lake, 3 degree South of the equator), and flows North in a tortuous channel, 1,400 miles to its junction with the Blue Nile. Near the city the Law was promulgated (Dt 27:11; Josh 8:33). (2.) (See EGYPT T0001137. 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. and pursued after him seven days' journey; which must be reckoned, not from Jacob's departure from Haran, but from Laban's; for Laban being three days' journey from thence, whither he had to return, after he received the news of Jacob being gone; Jacob must have travelled six days before Laban set out with his brethren from Haran; so that this was, as Ben Gerson conjectures, the thirteenth day of Jacob's travel; for Laban not having cattle to drive as Jacob, could travel as fast again as he, and do that in seven days which took up Jacob thirteen: and they overtook him in the mount Gilead; said to be three hundred and eighty miles from Haran (e). Solomon had two commissariat districts in Gilead (1 Kings 4:13, 19). (3.) It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (Josh 18:22). No inscriptions have yet been found here, but a fragment of an Assyrian lion has been uncovered. One is a high-crested crag, the natural fortifications of the crested citadel.The other is an abundant spring, issuing in a pool of transparent clearness, and embosomed in a mass of luxuriant verdure, which, amidst the dull brown desert all around, makes and must always have made, this spot an oasis, a paradise, in the Chaldaean wilderness. At the same "memorial terebinth" at Shechem the Shechemites made Abimelech king (Judges 9:6). This city is mentioned in connection with our Lord's conversation with the woman of Samaria (John 4:5); and thus, remaining as it does to the present day, it is one of the oldest cities of the world. How striking and sudden a change! %PDF-1.6 % Here he met his bride (Gen 29:4), and in the neighboring pastures he tended the flocks of Laban. You can also enter airport name or code from Israel in above fields. On their behalf Judas Maccabeus invaded the country and met with striking success (1 Maccabees 5:9). From Moab to the South Pole, it is 8,883.34 mi (14,296.35 km) in the north. Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El- beth-el" (q.v. Abraham was the tenth generation removed from Noah, being a direct descendant of Shem, ( Noah 's son), the father of all the "Semitic" peoples. Gen. 28:18; 31:44-48; Ex. The GPS coordinates of Israel is 31 2 45.7836'' N and 34 51 5.8032'' E. Some of the leading cities of Israel are Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv. The History of Rome - Brief Overview Of Roman History from Her Dawn to the First Punic War. The Nile as a God 2. and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8). The journey probably took months. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). Vespasian named it Neapolis; coins are extant with its name "Flavia Neapolis"; now Nablus by corruption. The great prophet Ezekiel is believed to have written many of his prophecies along the banks of the Kebar/Chebar river while in exile. endstream endobj 41 0 obj <>stream Since Terah died in Haran at the age of 205 (Gen 11:32), Abraham was supposed to be 135 years old at that time (205 70 = 135). If this thesis is correct, (and I have for the sake of brevity kept the account to the bare minimum,) then all the maps in Bible atlases, showing this part of the Levant, will have to be changed. It is one of the cities named by Rabshakeh as destroyed by the king of Assyria (2 Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12). (See ABRAHAM The oldest king of Ur known to us is Ur-Ba'u (servant of the goddess Ba'u), as Hommel reads the name, or Ur-Gur, as others read it. The miles based distance from Ur to Canaan is 3461.2 miles. The buildings are of the most archaic kind, consisting of low mounds enclosed within an enceinte, on most sides perfect, an oval space 1,000 yards long by 800 broad. 2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar? For several days he had been full of rage, and was now in eager anticipation that his vengeance would be fully wreaked, when lo! The Nile is also the principal river included in the phrase nahare kush, "rivers of Ethiopia" (Isa 18:1). 4. The children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. beersheba to haran map. The word Nile nowhere occurs in the Authorized Version but it is spoken of under the names of Sihor [SIHOR] and the "river of Egypt." It is computed to be over 300 miles in a straight line. 8:17; 12:16).Bethel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("house of God".) The most ancient city of the older Chaldaea. A well nearby is identified as that where Eliezer met Rebekah.In Acts 7:2, 4, the King James Version gives the name as Charran.W. It lay in the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was increased by the well Jacob dug there. The miles based distance from Haran to Jerusalem is 413.8 miles. Numbers 32:21 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him. Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:7; Judges 9:9; 1 Kings 12:25). The royal lists on the monuments enumerate Babylonian kings from Urukh (2230 B.C., possibly the Orchanus of Ovid, Met. Judges 10:8 They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years oppressed they all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. It has been traced upward for about 2700 miles, measured by its course, not in a direct line, and its extent is probably over 1000 miles more. Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (1 Sam. The Sanctuary: The town was originally called Luz (Gen 28:19, etc.). Ezekiel speaks of the merchants of Haran as trading with Tyre (27:23).The name appears in Assyro-Babalonian as Charran, which means "road"; possibly because here the trade route from Damascus joined that from Nineveh to Carchemish. There is no difficulty about Jacobs movements. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Image. Built seven years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22). On his return Abraham passed through Salem (Jerusalem) and was met by a man named Melchizedek whose name means "king of righteousness". In the Hebrew the country Haran begins with 'ch', the man Haran with 'h', as also the Haran the Gershonite Levite under David of Shimei's family (1 Chronicles 23:9). If this is correct, the ancient city may be represented by the modern Jil`ad, a ruin about 5 miles North of es-Salt. It would seem that Gilead originally began as various religious extremist groups that believed that America needed to be 'saved' from sin and corruption. Gilead." 35 degree East, and flows Northwest 850 miles to its junction with the White North. A mountain 1Sa 13:2Bethel in Smiths Bible Dictionary (the house of God) well known city and holy place of central Israel, about 12 mlles north of Jerusalem. Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. 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. Best Answer. Joshua made "Shechem in Mount Ephraim" one of the six cities of refuge (Joshua 20:7). Abraham sent his servant to his home country to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:1-10). Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. ), and here Caracalla was assassinated (217 A.D.). On the E. of Gerizim and Ebal the flue plain of Mukhna stretches from N. to S. Here first in Canaan God appeared to Abraham (Genesis 12:6), and here he pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak or terebinth (not "plain") of Moreh; here too Jacob re-entered the promised land (Genesis 33:18- 19), and "bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent," from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, and bequeathed it subsequently to Joseph (Genesis 48:22; Joshua 24:32; John 4:5); a dwelling place, whereas Abraham's only purchase was a burial place. A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). bound of Israel (Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 9:26; Genesis 15:18). Lot and all the people with them were rescued including their belongings (Gen. 14:15, 16).11. If he left Ur at all, it was the most natural place to which to go. 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'. (4.) Post author: Post published: June 6, 2022; Post category: built in entertainment center; Post comments: . Abraham remained at Beersheba for some time. The privileges then lost were restored by Sargon II. Description 2. It lies in the beautiful Valley of Shechem, which is about 500 yards wide, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. Numbers 32:40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. 4. Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El- beth-el" (q.v.). Ge 15:18 We cannot as yet determine the length of the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the question. They dwelt here until after the death of his father Terah, and in Haran the Lord called Abraham again (Gen. 12:1-4; Acts 7:4). A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah. driving 300 miles from Mount Gilead. Hebron was the original name, changed to Kirjath Arba during Israel's sojourn in Egypt, and restored by Caleb, to whom it was given at the conquest of Israel (Genesis 23:2; Joshua 14:13-15). It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. Three children are ascribed to him --Lot, vs. Ge 11:27,31 and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. Six feet higher than this is devastation; six feet lower is destitution." Jotham's parable as to the trees, the vine, the fig, and the bramble, were most appropriateShechem in Hitchcock's Bible Names part; portion; back early in the morningShechem in Naves Topical Bible 1. Judges 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. It is not to be confounded with other places called by the same name. Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. Judges 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. The valley runs from north to south, and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the great mosque, lies partly on the eastern slope. Here was the ark of the covenant. 1 Chronicles 5:10 In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead. Bethel. haran, i.e., "parched;" or probably from the Accadian charana, meaning "a road." 7:32). (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes(Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use). Judges 10:18 The people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, "What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? Ur in Easton's Bible Dictionary light, or the moon city, a city "of the Chaldees," the birthplace of Haran (Gen. 11:28,31), the largest city of Shinar or northern Chaldea, and the principal commercial centre of the country as well as the centre of political power. According to the conference transcript at . Continue Reading. I. 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." Some of 200 mile road trip from Mount Gilead. In the distribution of the land after its conquest by the Hebrews, Shechem fell to the lot of Ephraim, Jos 20:7 but was assigned to the Levites, and became a city of refuge. Deuteronomy 34:1 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. The feet of these mountains, where they rise from the town, are not more than five hundred yards apart. Calculate Distance Between Cities From To It was one of Samuel's towns of circuit for judging (1 Samuel 7:16). In this city Absalom found a center for his disaffection, and repairing there under pretense of performing a vow to Yahweh, he raised the standard of revolt (2 Sam 15:7 f). 2Ki 10:29 After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. Possibly, however, we should read Gilboa for Gilead; or part of the mountain may have borne the name of Gilead. The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia and is the chief source of the deposit which the Nile brings to Egypt. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. 2. The war of conquest being done, Joseph's bones were buried in the parcel of ground which Jacob had bought, and which fell to the lot of Joseph's descendants (24:33). Israel's Exodus from Egypt and Entry into Canaan. Pharaoh takes Sarai as his wife and is stricken by God. We saw nothing to compare with it in all Israel." 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. The Inundation 5. Total distance is 500 km in 24 total days but only 17 travel days = 29 km (17 miles) per travel day. 1 Tim Arnett FORMER LOCAL HEAD ELDER, PASTOR, TEACHER, AND EVANGELIST Author has 467 answers and 43.1K answer views 6 mo The valley runs from north to south; and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the venerable Haram, lies partly on the eastern slope. Bethel in Joshua 19:4 answers to Chesil in Joshua 15:30. 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. 1 Chronicles 26:31 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' houses. The last suggestion is favored by the presence of a strong spring under the northern declivity of Gilboa, nearly 2 miles from Zer`in, possibly to be identified with the Well of Harod. ; the King James Version gives "Sichem" in Gen 12:6; and "Sychem" in Acts 7:16): 1. 1. (Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 23:3). Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. 100 mile radius from Mount Gilead. Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. Abraham, on his first migration to the land of promise, pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak (or terebinth) of Moreh at Shechem. 1 Chronicles 5:16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders. The distance is straight path from one place to another place. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. The Land of Gilead:Mount Gilead-literally, "Mount of the Gilead"-may refer to some particular height which we have now no means of identifying (Genesis 31:23). From the First Cataract, at Syene, the river flows smoothly at the rate of two or three miles an hour with a width of half a mile. Judges 11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah. The third resting place of Abram; Shechem was the first, Bethel the second. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) (Freely Distributed). It was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and Ur was the capital of the ancient Chaldean Empire in ancient Mesopotamia. The Syrians asserted their supremacy in Gilead (2 Kings 10:32 f) where Moab and Israel had contended with varying fortune (M S). Later God changed his name to Abraham which means "father of a many nations" and he obeyed God and journeyed to the land of Canaan. of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. hb```a``f`f`PSfe@ ^FS^nc`+`Hs1X C}NV'!'; _ iF ` ' 0 03) In a straight line from Shechem, to Bethel, to Egypt it is about 254 miles (409 Km). 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). Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. The king of Sodom also came out to meet Abraham at the same place (Gen. 14:17-21).12. 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 (?). Hebron was called for a time also Mamre, from Abram's ally (Genesis 23:19; Genesis 35:27). Terah dies in Haran five years later. An Ammonite attack was repulsed by the prowess of Jephthah (Judges 11:1); and the spite of the Ephraimites was terribly punished (Judges 12:1). The first occurrence of Mahanaim occurs in Genesis 32:1 in the story of Jacob's return to the land after having spent 20 years with his uncle Laban in Haran (located in modern Syria). 21) as the Euphrates. On his journey to Canaan there were seventeen places that Abraham visited recorded in the Old Testament. Why did Dan remain in ships? There are four springs which yield supplies of good water. The illustration here given represents his cuneiform inscription, written in the Sumerian language, and stamped upon every brick of the temple in Ur. Terms | PDF (to cook for oneself) a. to make oneself. It was in the territory of Ephraim; it was made a city of refuge, and assigned to the Kohathite Levites (Josh 20:7; 21:21). H|Un0+R]1m?lDI/-JR (The same is called the land of Rephaim. The city of Dan was located in the north between Hazor and Damascus.10. (Josh. It was in Beersheba that Abraham received the command from the Lord to take his only son Isaac to Mount Moriah, a mountain of Salem, to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Gen. 22:1-18).16. 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? 1Ch 2:46 4. Shihor, "the black river," is its other Bible name, Greek Melas or Kmelas, Latin Melo, darkened by the fertilizing soil which it deposits at its overflow (Jeremiah 2:18). The derivation from Ur, "fire," led to the Koran and Talmud legends that Abraham miraculously escaped out of the flames into which Nimrod or other idolatrous persecutors threw him. Being accompanied by a number of his people, he might have used violence had he not been divinely warned in a dream to give no interruption to his nephew's journey. Egyptians distinguished between Hapi-res, the "southern Nile" of Upper Egypt, and Hapi-meheet, the "northern Nile" of Lower Egypt. He moves to Egypt because of famine. If he said, "No;". It is mentioned in the prism inscription of Tiglath-pileser I. See Bartlett's "Egypt and Israel," 1879. 2. Heb. 1. To the north of Gilead was Bashan, and to the south were Moab and Ammon. Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. 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