Atlas Biblica

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    Paran

    פָּארָן

    Paran was a desert region in the Sinai Peninsula, associated with the Israelites' wanderings and the early life of Ishmael.

    Where the story of Paran happensWhere the gazetteer locates Paran, framed to them: Paran. 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.Paran
    Where the gazetteer locates Paran
    verses
    8
    first named
    Genesis 21:21
    last named
    1 Kings 11:18
    feature
    region
    coordinates
    30.30°N · 34.78°E
    region30.30°N · 34.78°E

    Paran (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Paran in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Paran was a desert region located in the Sinai Peninsula, south of Canaan. It is mentioned several times in the Old Testament, particularly in connection with the Israelites' wanderings after the Exodus from Egypt. Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar, grew up in the wilderness of Paran after being sent away with his mother (Gen. 21:21). During the Israelites' journey from Egypt to Canaan, they camped in the wilderness of Paran after leaving the wilderness of Sinai (Num. 10:12; 12:16). It was from Paran that Moses sent the twelve spies to explore the land of Canaan (Num. 13:3, 26).

    The wilderness of Paran was also associated with King David. After the death of Samuel, David went down to the wilderness of Paran (1Sam. 25:1). Later, when Hadad the Edomite fled from King Solomon, he passed through Paran on his way to Egypt (1Kgs. 11:18).

    The exact boundaries of the wilderness of Paran are not clearly defined in the Bible, but it appears to have been a vast desert region in the central and northeastern parts of the Sinai Peninsula, bordered by the wilderness of Zin to the north and the Gulf of Aqaba to the south.

    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

    and 13 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 8, across 5 books. The name is written 9 times in them.

    1. Genesis1 verse

      21:21

    2. Numbers4 verses

      10:1212:1613:313:26

    3. Deuteronomy1 verse

      1:1

    4. 1 Samuel1 verse

      25:1

    5. 1 Kings1 verse

      11:18

    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 Moses and Sihon’s explanation of Heshbon and Men’s returnMosesProphet who led Israel out of Egyptvia Men’s returnAaronMoses' brother, first high priest of Israelvia Men’s returnIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Men’s returnKadeshAn important oasis in the Wilderness of Zinvia Men’s returnMenMen is a group attested across 16 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Men’s returnMen’s spying out of LandMen’s spying out of Land is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Men’s returnReturnReturn is a concept gathering 228 labelled instances in the text.via Moses and Sihon’s explanation of HeshbonArabahA desert region in the Jordan Valley and southward.via Moses and Sihon’s explanation of HeshbonDizahabA place near where Moses delivered his final speeches.

    Where they appear

    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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