Atlas Biblica

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    Jabbok

    יַבֹּק

    The Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan, where Jacob wrestled with God.

    Where the story of Jabbok happensJabbok, and 1 place the claims reach, framed to them: Jabbok, Jordan. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.JabbokJordan
    Jabbok, and 1 place the claims reach
    verses
    7
    first named
    Genesis 32:22
    last named
    Judges 11:22
    feature
    river
    coordinates
    32.12°N · 35.54°E
    river32.12°N · 35.54°E

    Zarqa River (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Jabbok in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    The Jabbok is a river located east of the Jordan River, in the region of Gilead. It is first mentioned in the Bible when Israel (or 'Jacob') crossed it on his way back to Canaan after his time with Laban (Genesis 32:22). It was at the Jabbok that Jacob wrestled with God and was given the name Israel (Genesis 32:24-30). The Jabbok served as a boundary between the territories of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan (Numbers 21:24; Deu.2.37; 3:16; Joshua 12:2). During the time of the judges, the Ammonites accused Israel of taking their land between the Arnon and the Jabbok (Judges 11:13, 22). The Jabbok River flows westward into the Jordan River and is known today as the Zarqa River in Jordan.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Stands in the same events as

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 7, across 5 books.

    1. Genesis1 verse

      32:22

    2. Numbers1 verse

      21:24

    3. Deuteronomy2 verses

      2:373:16

    4. Joshua1 verse

      12:2

    5. Judges2 verses

      11:1311:22

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Israel’s seizure of Jephthahs Land, Moab Land, and Ammonites LandArnonA river and valley, serving as a boundary for Israel.via Israel’s seizure of Jephthahs Land, Moab Land, and Ammonites LandIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Israel’s seizure of Jephthahs Land, Moab Land, and Ammonites LandSeizureSeizure is a concept gathering 17 labelled instances in the text.via Sihon’s rule of GileadArabahA desert region in the Jordan Valley and southward.via Sihon’s rule of GileadAroerA city on the edge of the Arnon Valley.via Sihon’s rule of GileadBeth-jeshimothTown in Moab, allotted to Reuben, mentioned in prophecy.via Sihon’s rule of GileadGileadMountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name.via Sihon’s rule of GileadPisgahA mountain range in Moab, east of the Jordanvia Sihon’s rule of GileadRuleRule is a concept gathering 22 labelled instances in the text.

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    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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