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Jacob’s journeys
To Haran and back, then down to Egypt · 13 stops · ≈ 1,790 km in straight lines
Stops
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BeershebaGen 28:10Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
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BethelGen 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
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HaranGen 29:4“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
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GileadGen 31:21So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
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MahanaimGen 32:2When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
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PenielGen 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
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SuccothGen 33:17but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
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ShechemGen 33:18After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
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BethelGen 35:6So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
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BethlehemGen 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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HebronGen 35:27Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
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BeershebaGen 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
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GoshenGen 46:28Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
Lines join the stops in the order of the text — the roads themselves are not known. Dashed: by ship. Pale: the site is uncertain.
Each point is the most likely site (OpenBible.info); a pale point means the identification is uncertain. Places whose site is unknown are not on the map.
Locations: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data (CC BY 4.0).
Land outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).