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Places in Genesis

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Chapters with Places

1. Genesis 2 (8 places)
2. Genesis 3 (1 place: Eden 1)
3. Genesis 4 (2 places)
4. Genesis 8 (1 place: Ararat)
5. Genesis 10 (22 places)
6. Genesis 11 (6 places)
7. Genesis 12 (8 places)
8. Genesis 13 (10 places)
9. Genesis 14 (24 places)
10. Genesis 15 (5 places)
11. Genesis 16 (5 places)
12. Genesis 17 (1 place: Canaan)
13. Genesis 18 (2 places)
14. Genesis 19 (5 places)
15. Genesis 20 (4 places)
16. Genesis 21 (3 places)
17. Genesis 22 (3 places)
18. Genesis 23 (4 places)
19. Genesis 24 (4 places)
20. Genesis 25 (10 places)
21. Genesis 26 (7 places)
22. Genesis 27 (1 place: Haran)
23. Genesis 28 (6 places)
24. Genesis 29 (2 places)
25. Genesis 31 (6 places)
26. Genesis 32 (6 places)
27. Genesis 33 (5 places)
28. Genesis 35 (12 places)
29. Genesis 36 (13 places)
30. Genesis 37 (6 places)
31. Genesis 38 (4 places)
32. Genesis 39 (1 place: Egypt)
33. Genesis 40 (1 place: Egypt)
34. Genesis 41 (3 places)
35. Genesis 42 (2 places)
36. Genesis 43 (2 places)
37. Genesis 44 (1 place: Canaan)
38. Genesis 45 (3 places)
39. Genesis 46 (6 places)
40. Genesis 47 (4 places)
41. Genesis 48 (6 places)
42. Genesis 49 (5 places)
43. Genesis 50 (8 places)

Places

Place	Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Abel-mizraim Gen 50:11	near the mouth of the Jordan River Deir Hajla Ain Hajlah Tall al Ajjul Wadi al Arish Nile River Pelusiac branch of the Nile Nahal HaBesor
Accad Gen 10:10	Tell ed Der Babylon Tell Sheshubar Dhuluiya Ishan Mizyad Qadisiyah Tell Muhammad
Admah Gen 10:19, 14:2, 14:8	in the region south of the Lisan in the region north of the Dead Sea Tell ed Damiyeh Khanazir Tall Nimrin Feifa
Adullam Gen 38:1	Khirbet esh Sheikh Madhkur Khirbet Id el Minya
Ai 1 Gen 12:8, 13:3	Et Tell Khirbet el Maqatir Khirbet Nisieh Khirbet Haiyan Khirbet Ibn Baraq
Allon-bacuth Gen 35:8	within 1 km of Beitin within 1 km of Al Bira within 1 km of Burj Beitin
Ammon Gen 19:38	Ammon
Ararat Gen 8:4	Urartu
Ashteroth-karnaim Gen 14:5	Tell Ashtara Al Shaykh Saad
Assyria Gen 2:14, 10:11, 25:18	Assyria
Atad Gen 50:10, 50:11	Wadi al Arish near the mouth of the Jordan River Deir Hajla Ain Hajlah Tall al Ajjul Nile River Pelusiac branch of the Nile Nahal HaBesor
Avith Gen 36:35	Rujum al Juththa
Babel Gen 10:10, 11:9	Babylon
Beer-lahai-roi Gen 16:14, 24:62, 25:11	Ain Muweileh Haluza Jebel Umm el Bared along Wadi Umm Rajil
Beersheba 2 Gen 21:14, 21:31, 8 more	Tel Beer Sheva Bir es Seba
Bered Gen 16:14	Haluza Jebel Umm el Bared region around Ar Ruwaysat Tel Sharuhen about 30 km around Wadi as Sakriyat
Bethel 1 Gen 12:8, 13:3, 10 more	Beitin Al Bira Burj Beitin
Bethlehem 1 Gen 35:19, 48:7	Bethlehem
Bozrah 1 Gen 36:33	Buseira
Calah Gen 10:11, 10:12	Nimrud
Calneh 1 Gen 10:10	Nippur Hursagkalamma Chatal Huyuk Tell Tayinat Kullan Köy
Canaan Gen 10:19, 11:31, 41 more	Canaan
Caphtor Gen 10:14	Crete Cappadocia Aegean Islands Cilicia Cyprus Karpathos
Chaldea Gen 11:28, 11:31, 15:7	Chaldea
Chezib Gen 38:5	Tel el Beida Ain Kezbeh
Cush 2 Gen 2:13	Babylonia Cush 1
Damascus Gen 14:15, 15:2	Damascus
Dan Gen 14:14	Tel Dan
Dinhabah Gen 36:32	Khirbet el Muhatta Dannea
Dothan Gen 37:17	Tel Dotan
East Gen 25:6, 29:1	region around Amman
Eden 1 Gen 2:8, 2:10, 4 more	in Babylonia within 200 km of Tell el Muqayyar in Armenia in Egypt in Canaan
Eder 1 Gen 35:21	Khirbet es Siyar el Ghanam Khirbet el Bira City of David
Edom Gen 32:3, 36:9, 8 more	Edom
Egypt Gen 12:10, 12:11, 80 more	Egypt
Elam Gen 14:1, 14:9	Elam
El-bethel Gen 35:7	in Beitin in Al Bira in Burj Beitin
Ellasar Gen 14:1, 14:9	Ilanzura Assur Larsa Cappadocia Til Barsip Tal Afar Til Assuri Tell Bashir Alishar Huyuk Pontus Alsi
El-paran Gen 14:6	Aqaba Jezirat Faraun Tell el Kheleifeh Eilat Nekhel Ayl region northeast of the Gulf of Aqaba
Enaim Gen 38:14, 38:21	Khirbet Beit Ika Khirbet el Alya Khirbet en Nabi Bulus Khirbet Kheishum along Nahal Yarmut within 5 km of the Valley of Elah
Ephrath Gen 35:16, 35:19, 48:7	Bethlehem
Erech Gen 10:10	Uruk
Esek Gen 26:20	in the region between Gerar and Beersheba along Nahal Gerar
Euphrates Gen 2:14, 15:18, 31:21	Euphrates River
Gaza Gen 10:19	Tell Harube
Gerar Gen 10:19, 20:1, 5 more	Tel Haror Tell esh Sharia Tell Tuweiyil Tell Jemmeh
Gihon 1 Gen 2:13	Nile River Gihon Spring Karkheh River White Nile Karun River Al Gharraf River Aras River Diyala River
Gilead 1 Gen 31:21, 31:23, 2 more	Gilead 1
Goiim 1 Gen 14:1, 14:9	in Aram Hatti Media
Gomorrah Gen 10:19, 13:10, 7 more	in the region south of the Lisan in the region north of the Dead Sea Numeira Bab edh Dhra Tall Iktanu Tall Kafrayn
Goshen 1 Gen 45:10, 46:28, 7 more	Goshen 1
Ham 1 Gen 14:5	Tell Ham
Haran Gen 11:31, 11:32, 5 more	Harran
Havilah 1 Gen 2:11	in Babylonia about 200 km around Sanaa Arabian Peninsula about 200 km around Zeila
Havilah 2 Gen 25:18	Arabian Peninsula in Babylonia about 200 km around Sanaa about 200 km around Zeila about 100 km around Ha'il
Hazazon-tamar 1 Gen 14:7	En Hazeva En Tamar Mezad Tamar Ein Gedi along Wadi Hasasah
Hebron Gen 13:18, 23:2, 2 more	Tel Rumeida
Heliopolis Gen 41:45, 41:50, 46:20	Ain Shams
Hobah Gen 14:15	Upu Hoba Tell el Salihiye
Jabbok Gen 32:22	Zarqa River
Jordan 1 Gen 32:10	Jordan River
Jordan 2 Gen 50:10, 50:11	Jordan River Khirbet Irq
Jordan Valley Gen 13:10, 13:11, 5 more	Jordan Valley
Kadesh-barnea Gen 14:7, 16:14, 20:1	Ain el Qudeirat Ein Qedeis
King's Valley Gen 14:17	intersection of Kidron Valley and Valley of Hinnom Kidron River Hinnom Valley Wadi al Joz region around Ramat Rahel
Lasha Gen 10:19	Callirrhoe Tel Dan Esh Shaghur Tall Iktanu in the region south of the Lisan Bab edh Dhra Al Safi Tell al Sheikh Isa in the region north of the Dead Sea Tawahin el Sukkar mouth of Wadi Mujib Nuhashe within 30 km of Hama
Luz 1 Gen 28:19, 35:6, 48:3	Beitin Al Bira Burj Beitin
Machpelah Gen 23:9, 23:17, 4 more	Cave of the Patriarchs
Mahanaim Gen 32:2	Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi Tell Hejaj Khirbet Mehna Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh Tell er Reheil Sleikhat
Mamre Gen 23:17, 23:19, 4 more	Ramat el Khalil Ain Sebta Khirbet Nimreh
Masrekah Gen 36:36	within 5 km of Jebel el Musraq
Mesha Gen 10:30	Massa Mocha Mesene
Mesopotamia Gen 24:10	Aram-naharaim
Mezahab Gen 36:39	Ad Duhaybah Dahab
Midian Gen 36:35	Midian
Mizpah 4 Gen 31:47, 31:48, 31:49	Jel`ad Tall er Rumeith Khirbet er Rasuni Suf
Moab 1 Gen 36:35	Moab 1
Moreh 1 Gen 12:6	within 1 km of Tell Balatah within 200 m of Tell Balatah in Tell Balatah
Moriah Gen 22:2	about 2 km around Mount Moriah about 2 km around Tell Balatah about 1 km around Tell Balatah about 200 m around Tell Balatah about 2 km around Al Eizariya about 2 km around Mount Gerizim about 2 km around Khirbet Nimreh about 2 km around Ramat el Khalil about 2 km around Ain Sebta
Mount Seir 1 Gen 14:6, 32:3, 5 more	region around Jebel esh Shera mountains southwest of the Dead Sea
Nahor Gen 24:10	within 170 km of Harran Harran
Negeb Gen 12:9, 13:1, 4 more	Negeb
Nile Gen 41:1, 41:2, 4 more	Nile River
Nineveh Gen 10:11, 10:12	Nineveh
Nod Gen 4:16	None
Paddan-aram Gen 25:20, 28:2, 9 more	Harran Aram-naharaim Tell Feddan
Paran Gen 21:21	Paran
Pau Gen 36:39	along Wadi Fai Khirbet Ayun Musa Khirbet el Muhatta Tall Iktanu
Penuel Gen 32:30, 32:31	Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi
Pishon Gen 2:11	Wadi al Rummah Indus River Ganges River Persian Gulf Wadi Baysh Karun River Wadi Bishah Blue Nile Karkheh River Rioni River within 100 km of Tell Abu Shahrain
Rameses Gen 47:11	Qantir Tell el Daba Tanis Tell el Farama
Rehoboth 1 Gen 26:22	Ruheibeh
Rehoboth 2 Gen 36:37	Ras Rihab within 20 km of Wadi Ghuwayr Khirbet Musrab Al Rahba
Rehoboth-Ir Gen 10:11	Nineveh Assur in Nimrud
Resen Gen 10:12	Hamam al Alil Qaryat as Salamiyah Resh Eni
River 3 Gen 36:37	Wadi al Hasa Wadi Rihab Wadi Ghuwayr Wadi al Arish Euphrates River Nile River Pelusiac branch of the Nile Nahal HaBesor
Salem Gen 14:18	Jerusalem
Salt Sea Gen 14:3	Dead Sea
Sephar Gen 10:30	Zafar Al Baleed
Shaveh-kiriathaim Gen 14:5	within 1 km of Al Qurayyat within 1 km of Khirbet al Mukhayyat within 1 km of Khirbet el Qureiye within 1 km of Tall Jalul
Shechem Gen 12:6, 33:18, 4 more	Tell Balatah
Shiloh Gen 49:10	Khirbet Seilun
Shinar Gen 10:10, 11:2, 2 more	Babylonia
Shur Gen 16:7, 20:1, 25:18	region around Ar Ruwaysat about 30 km around Wadi as Sakriyat Tel Sharuhen
Sidon Gen 10:19, 49:13	Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon
Sitnah Gen 26:21	within 15 km of Tel Haror within 15 km of Ruheibeh within 15 km of Tell esh Sharia within 15 km of Tell Tuweiyil within 2 km of Sutnet er Ruheibeh within 15 km of Tell Jemmeh in the region between Gerar and Beersheba along Nahal Gerar
Sodom Gen 10:19, 13:10, 18 more	in the region south of the Lisan in the region north of the Dead Sea Bab edh Dhra Tall el Hammam Numeira
Succoth 1 Gen 33:17	Tell Deir Alla Tell el Ekhsas
The Lord Will Provide Gen 22:14	Mount Moriah within 1 km of Tell Balatah within 200 m of Tell Balatah in Tell Balatah Khirbet Nimreh Ramat el Khalil Ain Sebta
Tigris Gen 2:14	Tigris River
Timnah 3 Gen 38:12, 38:13, 38:14	Tel Batash Khirbet et Tabbaneh within 15 km of Tel Main Horbat Timna Khirbet Umm Lasafa Khirbet Abu Shaban Rujm al Hamri Tell Tuwani
Ur 1 Gen 11:28, 11:31, 15:7	Tell el Muqayyar Urfa Urartu within 150 km of Bayburt
Valley of Gerar Gen 26:17, 26:19	about 3 km around Tel Haror about 3 km around Tell esh Sharia about 3 km around Tell Tuweiyil about 3 km around Tell Jemmeh
Valley of Hebron Gen 37:14	Valley of Hebron
Valley of Shaveh Gen 14:17	Kidron River Hinnom Valley intersection of Kidron Valley and Valley of Hinnom Wadi al Joz region around Ramat Rahel
Valley of Siddim Gen 14:3, 14:8, 14:10	south of the Lisan
Zeboiim Gen 10:19, 14:2, 14:8	in the region south of the Lisan in the region north of the Dead Sea Feifa Tall Mustah Khanazir
Zoar Gen 13:10, 14:2, 4 more	in the region south of the Lisan Al Safi in the region north of the Dead Sea Tell al Sheikh Isa mouth of Wadi Mujib Tawahin el Sukkar Esh Shaghur Tall Iktanu Bab edh Dhra

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This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this book of the Bible.

The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.

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