Abraham

A journey · 12 stops

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Abraham · −2018 – −1843

1. Ur −2018 – −1950
Abram grows up in this great Sumerian city. His father Terah takes the family and sets out towards Canaan.
2. Haran −1949 – −1944
The family settles here and Terah dies. God calls Abram: leave your land and your father's house, and I will make of you a great nation.
3. Shechem −1943 – −1943
His first stop in Canaan, at the oak of Moreh. God promises this land to his descendants, and Abram builds an altar.
4. Bethel −1943 – −1942
Moving south through the hills, he pitches his tent between Bethel and Ai and builds another altar.
5. Egypt −1941 – −1940
Famine drives him down to Egypt. Fearing for his life, he calls Sarai his sister, and she is taken to Pharaoh's house until plagues set her free.
6. Bethel −1939 – −1939
Back at his altar, now rich in flocks. His herdsmen quarrel with Lot's, so uncle and nephew part: Lot goes to the Jordan plain, Abram stays in Canaan.
7. Hebron −1938 – −1920
At the oaks of Mamre he makes his home. Here God seals the covenant, renames him Abraham, and three visitors announce that Sarah will bear a son.
8. Gerar −1919 – −1919
In the land of the Philistines, King Abimelech takes Sarah, believing her to be his sister, and is warned in a dream to return her.
9. Beersheba −1918 – −1882
Abraham digs a well and swears an oath with Abimelech, giving the place its name. Isaac grows up here, and Hagar and Ishmael are sent away.
10. Moriah −1881 – −1881
God tells him to offer up his son. Abraham binds Isaac on the altar, and an angel stops his hand at the last moment. This is the Akedah.
11. Beersheba −1880 – −1880
Father and son return to the wells of Beersheba, where the family's life goes on.
12. Hebron −1878 – −1843
Sarah dies here. Abraham buys the Cave of Machpelah, his first piece of the promised land, and is buried there beside her.