Jacob's Descent to Egypt
1930–1877 BCE · Jacob, Joseph · 9 stops · Approximate date · about 2235 km · about 3 months
Jacob leaves Beersheba, dreams of a stairway at Bethel, spends twenty years in Haran, wrestles with God at the Jabbok on the way home, and finally brings his whole family down to Goshen in Egypt during the famine.
Stops along the route
| # | Place | Date | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beersheba 1 | 1930 BCE | Gen 28:10 |
| 2 | Bethel 1 | 1930 BCE | Gen 28:10-22 |
| 3 | Haran | 1909 BCE | Gen 29:1-14 |
| 4 | Jabbok | 1909 BCE | Gen 32:22-32 |
| 5 | Shechem | 1907 BCE | Gen 33:18-20 |
| 6 | Bethel 1 | 1906 BCE | Gen 35:1-15 |
| 7 | Hebron | 1888 BCE | Gen 35:27-29 |
| 8 | Beersheba 1 | 1877 BCE | Gen 46:1-5 |
| 9 | Goshen 1 | 1877 BCE | Gen 46:28-47:11 |
Boundaries are schematic approximations, not survey-grade geography. This is a historical-geography study tool and takes no position on matters of faith.