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The Places of Genesis

Genesis names 114 places; Egypt, Canaan and Sodom most often. 112 of them can be put on a map, 64 with confidence. The places and their references are OpenBible.info’s, which gathers what modern atlases and commentaries say about where each one stood.

Map of Mesopotamia and Media with the places named in Genesis. Every place is listed in the table below.35°E40°E45°E50°E30°N35°NSodomBethelBeershebaGomorrahGerarHaranJordan ValleyMount SeirMachpelahMamreShechemZoarHebronAdmahBeer-lahai-roiEphrathKadesh-barneaLuzMizpahTimnahValley of SiddimZeboiimAiAtadBabelBethlehemCalahDamascusEnaimNinevehPenuelSidonValley of GerarAbel-mizraimAccadAdullamAllon-bacuthAshteroth-karnaimAvithBeredBozrahCalnehChezibDanDinhabahDothanEderEl-bethelErechEsekGazaHamKing’s ValleyMahanaimMasrekahMorehNahorPauRehobothRehobothSalemShaveh-kiriathaimShilohSitnahSuccothThe Lord Will ProvideValley of HebronValley of ShavehCanaanSodomBethelPaddan-aramEdomMount SeirShechemChaldeaLuzBabelCalahDamascusElamEllasarEnaimNinevehSidonAccadAshteroth-karnaimCalnehDanDothanErechHamHobahMasrekahMeshaRehobothShaveh-kiriathaimSitnahN0400 km
  • Located with confidence
  • Location uncertain
  • Mountain
Mesopotamia and Media, with the coasts and lakes as they lie today. 14 places lie beyond the plate and are in the table.

Every place in Genesis

The most often named first. Each place is set where its source puts it, and nowhere else; a place no source locates is listed and not drawn. References follow the chapter and verse numbering of the English Bible, which differs from the Septuagint’s in places.

PlaceReferencesSourceConfidence
EgyptBeyond this plate.12:10, 12:11, 12:14, 13:1, 13:10, 15:18, 21:21, 25:18, 26:2, 37:25, 37:28, 37:36 and 70 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Canaan10:19, 11:31, 12:5, 12:10, 13:12, 16:3, 17:8, 23:2, 23:19, 28:1, 28:6, 28:8 and 31 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Sodom10:19, 13:10, 13:12, 13:13, 14:2, 14:8, 14:10, 14:11, 14:12, 14:17, 14:21, 14:22 and 8 moreOpenBible.infoUncertain (score 477)
Bethel12:8, 13:3, 28:19, 31:13, 35:1, 35:3, 35:6, 35:7, 35:8, 35:9, 35:15, 35:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Paddan-aram25:20, 28:2, 28:5, 28:6, 28:7, 31:18, 33:18, 35:9, 35:26, 46:15, 48:7OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 461)
Beersheba21:14, 21:31, 21:32, 21:33, 22:19, 26:23, 26:33, 28:10, 46:1, 46:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 382)
Edom32:3, 36:9, 36:16, 36:17, 36:20, 36:21, 36:31, 36:32, 36:40, 36:43OpenBible.infoHigh
Gomorrah10:19, 13:10, 14:2, 14:8, 14:10, 14:11, 18:20, 19:24, 19:28OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 415)
GoshenBeyond this plate.45:10, 46:28, 46:29, 46:34, 47:1, 47:4, 47:6, 47:27, 50:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Gerar10:19, 20:1, 20:2, 26:1, 26:6, 26:20, 26:26OpenBible.infoHigh
Haran11:31, 11:32, 12:4, 12:5, 27:43, 28:10, 29:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Jordan Valley13:10, 13:11, 13:12, 19:17, 19:25, 19:28, 19:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Seir14:6, 32:3, 33:14, 33:16, 36:8, 36:9, 36:30OpenBible.infoHigh
Eden2:8, 2:10, 2:15, 3:23, 3:24, 4:16OpenBible.infoNot located
Machpelah23:9, 23:17, 23:19, 25:9, 49:30, 50:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 442)
Mamre23:17, 23:19, 25:9, 35:27, 49:30, 50:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Negeb12:9, 13:1, 13:3, 20:1, 24:62, 25:11OpenBible.infoHigh
NileBeyond this plate.41:1, 41:2, 41:3, 41:17, 41:18, 41:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Shechem12:6, 33:18, 35:4, 37:12, 37:13, 37:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Zoar13:10, 14:2, 14:8, 19:22, 19:23, 19:30OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 305)
Gilead31:21, 31:23, 31:25, 37:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Hebron13:18, 23:2, 23:19, 35:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Shinar10:10, 11:2, 14:1, 14:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Admah10:19, 14:2, 14:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 414)
Assyria2:14, 10:11, 25:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Beer-lahai-roi16:14, 24:62, 25:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 72)
Chaldea11:28, 11:31, 15:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Ephrath35:16, 35:19, 48:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Euphrates2:14, 15:18, 31:21OpenBible.infoHigh
HeliopolisBeyond this plate.41:45, 41:50, 46:20OpenBible.infoHigh
Jordan32:10, 50:10, 50:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Kadesh-barnea14:7, 16:14, 20:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Luz28:19, 35:6, 48:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Mizpah31:47, 31:48, 31:49OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 227)
ShurBeyond this plate.16:7, 20:1, 25:18OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 298)
Timnah38:12, 38:13, 38:14OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 322)
Ur11:28, 11:31, 15:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Siddim14:3, 14:8, 14:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 420)
Zeboiim10:19, 14:2, 14:8OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 470)
Ai12:8, 13:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Atad50:10, 50:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Babel10:10, 11:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Bethlehem35:19, 48:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Calah10:11, 10:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Damascus14:15, 15:2OpenBible.infoHigh
East25:6, 29:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Elam14:1, 14:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Ellasar14:1, 14:9OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 102)
Enaim38:14, 38:21OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 362)
Nineveh10:11, 10:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Penuel32:30, 32:31OpenBible.infoHigh
Sidon10:19, 49:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Gerar26:17, 26:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Abel-mizraim50:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 286)
Accad10:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 50)
Adullam38:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Allon-bacuth35:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Ammon19:38OpenBible.infoHigh
AraratBeyond this plate.8:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Ashteroth-karnaim14:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 449)
Avith36:35OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 22)
Bered16:14OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 86)
Bozrah36:33OpenBible.infoHigh
Calneh10:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 55)
CaphtorBeyond this plate.10:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Chezib38:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Cush2:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 190)
Dan14:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Dinhabah36:32OpenBible.infoUncertain (score -10)
Dothan37:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Eder35:21OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 100)
El-bethel35:7OpenBible.infoHigh
El-paranBeyond this plate.14:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 334)
Erech10:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Esek26:20OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 194)
Gaza10:19OpenBible.infoHigh
GihonBeyond this plate.2:13OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 79)
Ham14:5OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 334)
Havilah2:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 58)
HavilahBeyond this plate.25:18OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 230)
Hazazon-tamar14:7OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 236)
Hobah14:15OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 50)
Jabbok32:22OpenBible.infoHigh
King’s Valley14:17OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 195)
Lasha10:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 126)
Mahanaim32:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Masrekah36:36OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 139)
Mesha10:30OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 64)
Mesopotamia24:10OpenBible.infoHigh
MidianBeyond this plate.36:35OpenBible.infoHigh
Moab36:35OpenBible.infoHigh
Moreh12:6OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 467)
Moriah22:2OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 260)
Nahor24:10OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 315)
Nod4:16OpenBible.infoNot located
Paran21:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Pau36:39OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 71)
PishonBeyond this plate.2:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 30)
RamesesBeyond this plate.47:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Rehoboth26:22OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 391)
Rehoboth36:37OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 82)
Rehoboth-Ir10:11OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 281)
River36:37OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 115)
Salem14:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Salt Sea14:3OpenBible.infoHigh
SepharBeyond this plate.10:30OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 87)
Shaveh-kiriathaim14:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Shiloh49:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Sitnah26:21OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 92)
Succoth33:17OpenBible.infoHigh
The Lord Will Provide22:14OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 151)
Tigris2:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Hebron37:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Valley of Shaveh14:17OpenBible.infoHigh

Places from OpenBible.info’s Bible Geocoding Data, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, and from Pleiades, © the Pleiades contributors, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Coastlines, lakes and rivers from Natural Earth; relief from SRTM and ETOPO1 elevation data by way of the AWS Terrain Tiles; all public domain.