Places in Genesis 25

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Assyria
Gen 25:18
  1. artifact from NinevehAssyria

Beer-lahai-roi
Gen 25:11
  1. satellite view of the region around Ain MuweilehAin Muweileh

  2. ruins at HaluzaHaluza

  3. satellite view of the region around Jebel Umm el BaredJebel Umm el Bared

  4. satellite view of the region around Wadi Umm Rajilalong Wadi Umm Rajil

East
Gen 25:6
  1. panorama of hills in the Eastregion around Amman

Egypt
Gen 25:18
  1. pyramids of Giza in EgyptEgypt

Havilah 2
Gen 25:18
  1. desert in the Arabian PeninsulaArabian Peninsula

  2. Ishtar gate from Babylonin Babylonia

  3. cityscape of Sanaaabout 200 km around Sanaa

  4. ruins at Zeilaabout 200 km around Zeila

  5. cityscape of Ha'ilabout 100 km around Ha'il

Machpelah
Gen 25:9
  1. building at the Cave of the PatriarchsCave of the Patriarchs

Mamre
Gen 25:9
  1. ruins at Ramat el KhalilRamat el Khalil

  2. monastery at Ain SebtaAin Sebta

  3. satellite view of the region around Khirbet NimrehKhirbet Nimreh

Negeb
Gen 25:11
  1. panorama of hills in the NegebNegeb

Paddan-aram
Gen 25:20
  1. beehive houses at HarranHarran

  2. panorama of a river in Aram-naharaimAram-naharaim

  3. satellite view of the region around Tell FeddanTell Feddan

Shur
Gen 25:18
  1. satellite view of the region around Ar Ruwaysatregion around Ar Ruwaysat

  2. satellite view of the region around Wadi as Sakriyatabout 30 km around Wadi as Sakriyat

  3. panorama of Tel SharuhenTel Sharuhen

Image Credits

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, Bukvoed, JeedaGhazal, Ricardo Liberato, Peter Dowley, Radomir Vrbovsky, Ferdinand Reus, Walter Callens, Khalid Alhallabi, Djampa, Yywilk, Copper Kettle, ליאור גולגר, Zhengan, Bertramz, The devious diesel

About

This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this chapter 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.