Abraham's Journey

Journey

Abraham's Journey

Ur to Canaan and Egypt

The migration route of Genesis 11–13, moving from Mesopotamia into Canaan and down into Egypt during famine.

Route genuinely disputed

The route

  1. 1
    Ur of the Chaldees

    The departure point named in Genesis 11.

    Genesis 11
  2. 2
    Canaan

    Arrival in the land promised in Genesis 12.

    Genesis 12
  3. 3
    Egypt

    A famine drives the household south.

    Genesis 12
  4. 4
    Hebron

    Settlement and the burial ground of Genesis 23.

    Genesis 23

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