Abraham's Call and Migration to Canaan
2092–2057 BCE · Abraham · 9 stops · Approximate date · about 3347 km · about 3 months
From Ur of the Chaldeans through Haran into Canaan, building altars at Shechem, Bethel and Hebron, with a detour to Egypt during famine and the offering of Isaac on Mount Moriah.
Stops along the route
| # | Place | Date | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ur 1 | 2092 BCE | Gen 11:31 |
| 2 | Haran | 2092 BCE | Gen 11:31-32; Gen 12:1-4 |
| 3 | Shechem | 2087 BCE | Gen 12:6-7 |
| 4 | Bethel 1 | 2086 BCE | Gen 12:8 |
| 5 | Egypt | 2086 BCE | Gen 12:10-20 |
| 6 | Bethel 1 | 2085 BCE | Gen 13:1-4 |
| 7 | Hebron | 2085 BCE | Gen 13:18; Gen 18:1 |
| 8 | Moriah | 2057 BCE | Gen 22:1-19 |
| 9 | Beersheba 1 | 2057 BCE | Gen 22:19 |
Boundaries are schematic approximations, not survey-grade geography. This is a historical-geography study tool and takes no position on matters of faith.