Places in Genesis 15

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Places

Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Chaldea
Gen 15:7
  1. ruins at Tell el MuqayyarChaldea

Damascus
Gen 15:2
  1. citadel of DamascusDamascus

Egypt
Gen 15:18
  1. pyramids of Giza in EgyptEgypt

Euphrates
Gen 15:18
  1. panorama of the Euphrates RiverEuphrates River

Ur 1
Gen 15:7
  1. ruins at Tell el MuqayyarTell el Muqayyar

  2. building at UrfaUrfa

  3. panorama of Mount Ararat in UrartuUrartu

  4. cityscape of Bayburtwithin 150 km of Bayburt

Image Credits

M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA., Dosseman, Ricardo Liberato, Ferrus, Anadolu, MEDIACRAT, Ben Bender

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.