Mount Gerizim is close by (Judges 9:7) on the southern side, Mount Ebal on the northern side. "Jacob called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first" (Joshua 16:1-2). The plural "rivers" is used for the different mouths, branches, and canals of the Nile. or personal use. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil. After the overthrow of Israel, the king of Assyria sent one of the Israelite priests to settle at Bethel, and teach the new settlers from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, "the manner of the god of the land," and "how they should fear Jehovah" (2 Kings 17:27- 28). Eupolemos (in Eusebius, Praep. (3.) 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. Here also Jacob "bought a parcel of a field at the hands of the children of Hamor" after his return from Mesopotamia, and settled with his household, which he purged from idolatry by burying the teraphim of his followers under an oak tree, which was afterwards called "the oak of the sorcerer" (Gen. 33:19; 35:4; Judg. Large Map of Israel in the First Century - Click around on the Cities. the last. The Blue Nile rises in the mountains of Abyssinia and is the chief source of the deposit which the Nile brings to Egypt. There the prophet from Judah foretold the overthrow of the calf altar by Josiah. The White Nile is the larger branch. It is represented by the modern Beitin, a village of some 400 inhabitants, which stands on a knoll East of the road to Nablus. You can use print, photocopy, E-mail, distribute or make overhead transparencies of these maps for public presentations in church and Bible studies etc. Abdon is read in many manuscriptsHebron in Hitchcock's Bible Names society; friendshipHebron in Naves Topical Bible 1. 1003-1001 BC . Ge 11:28 2. With the disruption of the kingdom came Bethel's greatest 2 Kings 23:15 - Moreover the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.1 Chronicles 7:28 - And their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:2 Kings 2:23 - And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.2 Chronicles 13:19 - And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.1 Samuel 10:3 - Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:1 Kings 12:33 - So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.Joshua 8:17 - And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.1 Samuel 13:2 - Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.2 Kings 23:4 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.Joshua 12:9 - The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one;Joshua 12:16 - The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;Genesis 31:13 - I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.Joshua 18:13 - And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.1 Kings 13:4 - And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. 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. A descendant of Manasseh (Num. On his journey to Canaan there were seventeen places that Abraham visited recorded in the Old Testament. The worship of Jehovah and of the calves had been all along strangely blended. Near the city is the well at which the Saviour held his discourse with the woman of Samaria. Under Ahab the Baal worship at Samaria and Jezreel drew off attention from the calf worship at Bethel. The chief temple was the scene of heathen worship until the 11th century, and was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th. Abraham and Lot preschool Bible lesson. Ancient Jerusalem - Interactive Study of Jerusalem with Map. The Bible also mentions that Abraham paid him 1/10th of all his spoils from the war as a "tithe". The Nile is also the principal river included in the phrase nahare kush, "rivers of Ethiopia" (Isa 18:1). 8:17; 12:16).Bethel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary ("house of God".) Likewise nahar mitsrayim, "brook of Egypt," a border stream in no way connected with the Nile, has sometimes been mistaken for that river. In Jerusalem for Hanukkah. The third son of Kohath the Levite (Ex. Three children are ascribed to him --Lot, vs. Ge 11:27,31 and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver. haran; i.e., "mountaineer." After the death of Saul, David was here anointed king (2 Sam 5:3) and reigned here 7 1/2 years, until he captured Jerusalem and made that his capital (2 Sam 5:5); while here, six sons were born to him (2 Sam 3:2). The son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr. To the rich pasture land near Shechem Joseph came to seek his brethren (Gen 37:12 ff). Ararat The Tower of Babel Description 2. 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). (See EGYPT T0001137. 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. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born and Sarah was past 90. Keywords: Egypt . Here also he raised an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel, "God, the God of Israel" (Gen 33:20). 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). 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. In process of time the name Luz disappeared, giving place to that of the adjoining sanctuary, town and sanctuary being identified. Maps of the peregrination of Abraham (12 F) Maps of the ancient Levant (18 C, 46 F) C. Old maps of Canaan (23 F) . (Gen. 13:1-9).8. The Journey (Abraham Visits 17 Locations)The land of Canaan would be the inheritance of Abraham's descendants but Abraham would only be a pilgrim there. Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). The bottom of the valley is about 1800 feet above the level of the sea, and the top of Gerizim 800 feet higher still. Heb. 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." And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.Joshua 16:1 - And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,Genesis 28:19 - And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.Amos 7:10 - Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.Amos 7:13 - But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.Joshua 8:9 - Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.Amos 3:14 - That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.Jeremiah 48:13 - And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.1 Samuel 7:16 - And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.2 Kings 23:19 - And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.Genesis 35:1 - And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.1 Kings 13:32 - For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which [are] in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.Judges 4:5 - And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.2 Kings 2:3 - And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? Shechem or Sichem was the first place where Abraham came to in Canaan. Shechem. High Resolution Map. 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. A temple was built by Shalmaneser II. Gen 15:18 - On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 - the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 - the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 - the Amorites, the . Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants . Still there is an oak bearing Abraham's name, 23 ft. in girth, and covering 90 ft. space in diameter. Hebron was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Ch 11:10). It was afterwards known as Mamre. Abrahams Journey; Bible Maps: Abraham s Journey: 2000 BC; Palestine: Hills and Valleys; Ancient Trade Routes - Jewish Virtual Library Exodus from Egypt - Settling in Canaan. 4. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. It lay South of Shiloh (Jdg 21:19). This place bears the name of Huruk in the native inscriptions, and was in the countries known to the Jews as the land of the Chaldaeans. Haran in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1.) The suburbs in our Lord's days reached nearer the entrance of the valley between Gerizim and Ebal than now; for the narrative in John 4:30; John 4:35, implies that the people could be seen as they came from the town toward Jesus at the well, whereas Nablus now is more than a mile distant, and cannot be seen from that point. When Jacob came hither on his way to Paddan-aram we are told that he lighted upon "the place" (Gen 28:11. King David in Jerusalem. 1. Hebron. "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." During this time he made a covenant with king Abimelech. 24:4; Josh. The First Miracle at Cana. A Harmony of the Life of Jesus - Four gospel accounts in harmony. The Journey of Abraham Moses and the Exodus Joshua and the Land The Kingdom of David The Kingdom of Solomon Israel in Jesus' Time Paul's First Journey The Land of Israel The Land of Egypt The Land of Assyria The Land of Babylon The Land of Persia The Land of Greece The City of Rome Noah's Ark and Mt. It became, four centuries later, the first great gathering place of the Israelites after their occupation of the Promised Land. 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. After various vicissitudes it fell into the Moslems' hands in A.D. 1187, and has continued so ever since. 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 remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). That Terah should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be extraordinary. The red arrowed lines show the route he took. It was called by the Romans Neapolis, and the Arabs have corrupted this into Nabulus, its modern name. The photo of Joseph's family journey into Egypt shows the fertile Nile delta as the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea. 1Ch 2:46 4. We can only surmise as to what drove their family to settle in Haran temporarily (whether it's the town's prosperity or relative peace), but to uproot himself and his family from a familiar . Father of Lot and brother of Abraham Ge 11:26-31 -2. Along this stretch, the vegetation was thinner, the water scarcer, the road bleaker and rougher and less . It lay in the rich plain of the Mukhna, and its value was increased by the well Jacob dug there. Jotham's parable was spoken from the cliff of Gerizim overhanging the town (Jdg 9:7 ff). (Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 23:3). Twenty Roman miles S. of Jerusalem, and twenty N. of Beersheba. At the oak of Moreh in the vicinity he reared his first altar to the Lord in Israel (Gen 12:6 f). Here the ark of the covenant was kept for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (20:26-28). Jos 11:3. Abraham is called by Mohammedans el-Khulil, "the Friend," i.e. Joshua made "Shechem in Mount Ephraim" one of the six cities of refuge (Joshua 20:7). 8:30-35.) It was the favorite home of Abraham. A town in the north border of Asher (Josh. Egypt. Ancestor of the Shechemites Nu 26:31; Jos 17:2 -5. A second tradition, which appears in the Talmud, finds Ur in Warka, 120 miles southeast from Babylon and four east of the Euphrates. Abraham and his nephew Lot had departed Haran and followed the leading of the Lord. 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. ; Abraham's journeys, Jacob's journey, Joseph journey, Exodus route, Jerusalem during the reign of King David and Solomon, and more. Ezekiel speaks of the merchants of Haran as trading with Tyre (27:23). S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. --Stanley, Jewish Church, part i.p.7. 17:2). Geological Origin 3. 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. (1.) It was evidently the center, especially for the northern tribes; and hither Rehoboam came in the hope of getting his succession to the throne confirmed (1 Ki 12:1; 2 Ch 10:1). Abraham means a father of a great multitude.*. 4. Abraham. Melchizedek was a mysterious man regarded in the Bible as the priest and king of Salem. . 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. Map of the Journeys of Abraham. The ancient city is represented by the modern Charran to the Southeast of Edessa, on the river Belias, an affluent of the Euphrates. Hiel the Bethelite is recorded as the rebuilder of Jericho. Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (1 Sam. It still exists under the same name, and is one of the most ancient cities in the world. Genesis. 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. 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). shichor, not always written fully, has also been interpreted in a mistaken way of the Nile (see SHIHOR). Also called SYCHAR, a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim Jos 20:7; 21:21; Jud 21:19 Joshua assembled the tribes of Israel at, with all their elders, chiefs, and judges, and presented them before the Lord Jos 24:1-28 Joshua buried at Jos 24:30-32 Abimelech made king at Jud 8:31; 9 Rehoboam crowned at 1Ki 12:1 Destroyed by Abimelech Jud 9:45 Rebuilt by Jeroboam 1Ki 12:25 Men of, killed by Ishmael Jer 41:5 Jesus visits; disciples made in Joh 4:1-42 -3. (Genesis 12:1-5) Abram built altars to God at Shechem and Bethel (Genesis 12:6-9) During a famine, Abram journeyed to Egypt (Genesis 12:10) He returned from Egypt, and . Four kings of the east came to Canaan who were united under Chedorlaomer of Elam (the territory of ancient Ur) and made war against the five kings of Canaan. He "made a covenant with the people that day" at the very place where, on first entering the land, they had responded to the law from Ebal and Gerizim (Josh. 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). 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). When Abraham finally returned to Hebron God reminded him of his covenant with him and changed his name from Abram to Abraham (Gen. 15:1-21; 17:1-27). 2. Bible Maps - overlaps with #2 but has maps not in the alphabetical listing. In the cave of Machpelah all the patriarchs and their wives, except Rachel, were buried (49:30 f; 50:13). The illustration here given represents his cuneiform inscription, written in the Sumerian language, and stamped upon every brick of the temple in Ur. At the age of 175 Abraham died, and was also buried in the cave at Machpelah. In later ages it was called Edessa, and was celebrated as the capital of Abgarus or Acbarus who was said to have received the letter and portrait of our Saviour. Eusebius, Onomasticon places it 12 Roman miles from Jerusalem, on the road to Neapolis. 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. See RIVER OF EGYPT. Hapi-ur, "the high Nile," fertilizes the land; the Nile low brought famine. 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). 13:22). It was the first capital of the kingdom of Israel. It was a seat of the worship of Sin, the moon-god, from very ancient times. Shechem became one of the cities of refuge, the central city of refuge for Western Israel (Josh. Our collection of maps are simple and they are free. Probably too "the strange gods" or "the gods of the stranger" were those carried away by Jacob's sons from Shechem among the spoils (Genesis 35:2; Genesis 34:26-29). For a story of the kind to have been the invention of Palestinian tradition is equally impossible. Hebron. Third son of Kohath; younger brother of Amram, father of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:18). It was originally called Kirjath-Arba, " The city of Arba." 6:2, 18). 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. (2.) Among those returning from captivity were men of Bethel (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32; Nehemiah 11:31.) Map of the Bible Lands. On the round mount S.E. Ur was the port of Babylonia, whence trade was carried on with the dwellers on the gulf, and with the distant countries of India, Ethiopia, and Egypt. (Enlarge) (PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes(Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use). Under Abraham's oak at Shechem Jacob buried the family idols and amulets (Genesis 35:1-4). Each of these places are important in the history of Israel and there is evidence of their existence in ancient times through archaeology.1. 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. The same witness is still more decisively borne by the worship paid in it to the Babylonian moon-god and by its ancient temple of Sin. Late travellers have found its source in Lake Victoria Nyanza, three degrees south of the equator. This map reveals the places mentioned in the Bible about the journey of Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees to the Promised Land which was over 1000 miles. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Genesis 20:12). Haran and the temple suffered much damage in the invasion of the Umman-Manda (the Medes). Its bricks bear the name of the earliest monumental kings, "Urukh king of Ur"; his kingdom extended as far N. as Niffer. The family of Hebronites sprang from him. To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. Born in Sariwon, Korea A city of the tribe of Judah, south of Jerusalem When built Nu 13:22 Fortified 2Ch 11:10 Called KIRJATH-ARBA Ge 23:2 ARBA Ge 35:27; Jos 15:13 Abraham lived there and Sarah died at Ge 23:2 Hoham, king of, confederated with other kings of the Canaanites against Joshua Jos 10:3-39 Descendants of the Anakim live at Nu 13:22; Jos 11:21 Conquest of, by Caleb Jos 14:6-15; Jud 1:10,20 A city of refuge Jos 20:7; 21:11,13 David crowned king of Judah at 2Sa 2:1-11; 3 David crowned king of Israel at 2Sa 5:1-5 The burial place of Sarah Ge 23:2 The burial place of Abner 2Sa 3:32 The burial place of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:12 The conspirators against Ish-bosheth hanged at 2Sa 4:12 Absalom made king at 2Sa 15:9,10 Jews of the Babylonian captivity lived at Ne 11:25 Pool of 2Sa 4:12 -3. Jos 15:13,14; 21:13 Sarah died at Hebron; and Abraham then bought from Ephron the Hittite the field and cave of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb Ge 23:2-20 The cave is still there, and the massive walls of the Haram or mosque, within which it lies, form the most remarkable object in the whole city. THE city of Nabulus, one of the most ancient in Israel, is also one of the most interesting. (See MEONENIM T0002483.) It shared this honour, however, with another city, and this city was Haran, or Harran. Now El Khalil, the house of "the friend" of God. More like this . This spot became a center of great interest, lending growing importance to the town. Abraham remained at Beersheba for some time. . Rivaling Damascus in antiquity. It was abandoned about B.C. When Isaac was born Ishmael was expelled and his mother Hagar fled and was met by "the Angel of the Lord" which was the Lord Himself (Gen. 21:1-34).15. "With wonderful clock-like regularity the river begins to swell about the end of June, rises 24 feet at Cairo between the 20th and 30th of September and falls as much by the middle of May. The capital of the Northern Kingdom was moved, however, first to Tirzah and then to Samaria, and Shechem declined in political importance. (See SYCHAR T0003542. It lies in a sheltered valley, protected by Gerizim on the south and Ebal on the north. In the 4th century it was the seat of a bishopric; but the cult of the moon persisted far into the Christian centuries. 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). It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." Source: The Bible Journey. From Nineveh, Abraham's little band at last took a westward turn, for a trek of 200 miles. Ge 15:18 We cannot as yet determine the length of the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the question. The king of Egypt feared Abraham because of a dream and allowed him to leave with all of his possessions.7. Hebron is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing; and in this respect it is the rival of Damascus. This map shows the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land under the leadership of Moses. THE NILE IN HISTORY 1. 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. 6:18; 1 Chr. in the extreme south of Chaldaea, at Mugheir, not very far above-- and probably in the time of Abraham actually upon-- the head of the Persian Gulf. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). 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.

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