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    3 others in the registry answer to the name Mesha. Every Mesha in the Bible

    place

    Mesha

    מֵשָׁא

    Mesha, a place mentioned as the limit of the territory settled by the descendants of Joktan (Genesis 10:30).

    Where the story of Mesha happensWhere the gazetteer locates Mesha, framed to them: Mesha. 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.Mesha
    Where the gazetteer locates Mesha
    verses
    1
    first named
    Genesis 10:30
    last named
    Genesis 10:30
    feature
    region
    coordinates
    29.61°N · 41.55°E
    region29.61°N · 41.55°E

    Massa (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Mesha in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Mesha is mentioned in Genesis 10:30 as one of the boundaries of the territory settled by the descendants of Joktan, son of Eber. The verse states that "their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east." This suggests that Mesha was located in the Arabian Peninsula, possibly in the western or southern region. However, the exact location of Mesha remains unknown, and no further details about the place are provided in the Bible.

    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.

    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 — one, across 1 book.

    1. Genesis1 verse

      10:30

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereEgyptAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and ExodusElsewhereJordanA river and region, significant in Israel's history

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