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Map of Abram's Journey from Ur to Haran to Egypt. The Bible shifts its focus in Genesis 12 from the history of the entire human race to a man named Abram, the first Hebrew, and he lived in Ur of the Chaldees.
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- Abraham's Journey With Trade Routes
Trace Abraham's transformative journey with the map of his travels from Ur to Canaan. Explore the path of faith, trust, and obedience that shaped the father of many nations in this iconic narrative of monotheistic religions.
Where did Abraham's journey to Canaan (the Promised Land) begin? What places did he visit? How long did it take him?
Abraham, originally called Abram, was called by God to leave his father Terah's house and native city of Ur of the Chaldees (modern day southern Iraq) in return for a new land, family and inheritance in Canaan, the Promised Land (modern day Israel).
Explore the biblical story of Abraham and his descendants with this animated map. See the places where he lived, traveled, received God's promises and was buried.
The family of Abraham (then called Abram) lived at Ur of the Chaldees, probably Mugheir, south of the Euphrates, and an early seat of empire. Thence, at God's call, they migrated, moving up the Euphrates to Haran, in Mesopotamia, probably the Roman Carrhæ, and the modern Haran, on the river Belik, 50 miles above its entrance into the Euphrates.
Abraham, along with Noah, Moses and King David, is considered one of the most important individuals in the Old Testament. His name is recorded 250 times in the King James Bible, the eighth most. God made no less that eight covenants with Abraham (Genesis 12:1 - 3, 7, 13:14 - 17, 15:13 - 21, 17:1 - 22, 18:9 - 15, 21:12, 22:15 - 18).