Roads of Scripture
Biblical Journeys
Walk where they walked: each stop is drawn from the verse that names it.
Patriarchs · c. 2091 BC departure from Haran (early-Exodus chronology)
The Call of Abram
From Ur of the Chaldees to the land God promised, then down to Egypt and back.
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Ur of the Chaldees
Location uncertain
“Terah took Abram… from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan.”—
Note — Ur is identified with Tell el-Muqayyar in Iraq by most scholars; a northern Ur (near Urfa) is a minority view. Moriah is linked to the Temple Mount by 2 Chronicles 3:1.