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THE
EXODUS IN ARABIA
SITES
ALONG THE WAY AS IDENTIFIED IN THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT AND CONFIRMED IN ARABIA.
Some preliminary thoughts.
The First mention of Kadesh in the Bible is Genesis 16:14. We have
identified Kadesh Barnea as Mecca and this reference seems to confirm that.
Genesis 16:14 "She called the
well Be'er Lachai Roi It is between Kadesh and Bered."
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here.
Ibn Ezra the great Jewish sage identifies this well with Zimum (or in other
versions, Zimzum), "where the Arabs hold an annual festival. This is
Zemzem near Mecca. "
According to this Hagar headed in to the Arabian Peninsula rather than
toward Egypt.
Further, in a paper on Kadesh Barnea published in the Palestinian Exploration
Quarterly in 1964/65 H. Bar-Deroma used the identification of Kadesh as a way
that the Bible defined the borders of "Israel" in Numbers 34:3 to extend those
borders almost a quarter of the way down the Arabian peninsular.
8/26/02 - Addendum
JEWS IN ARABIA -- The Jewish Rabbi Binyamin of Tudela
did an extensive census of Jews in the world in approximately 1175 AD.
47.7% - FORTY SEVEN PERCENT - lived in Arabia/Yemen (465,000 of the
975,000 that he counted ..... WHY??????
(Benjamin of Tuleda, Itenario (Sefer Massa'ot) Rimini 1988)
Sites
|
Map No. |
Biblical Name |
Arabic Name |
Map Coordinate |
Biblical Reference(s) |
Other information/notes |
|
1. |
Mt. Sinai – Mt. Horeb |
Harra of Arhab |
15.63 - 44.08 |
- |
MSS |
|
2. |
Sin Desert |
Sanaa area /Sin/Wadi Sayan |
- |
- |
MSS |
|
3. |
Dofkah |
Al Qudhf |
18.10 - 42.68 |
- |
MSS |
|
4. |
Alush |
Al Aysh |
18.36 - 42.85 |
- |
MSS strongly disputed by Salibi. |
|
5. |
Rephidim |
Riphydan |
- |
- |
MSS |
|
6. |
Sinai Desert |
Sin |
- |
- |
MSS |
|
7. |
Kibroath-Hattaavah = "Graves of
Craving" |
Qubur-Tawi |
- |
- |
Salibi (S) |
|
8. |
Chatzeroth |
Hazarut |
- |
- |
S |
|
9. |
Rithmah |
Rithmah |
- |
- |
S |
|
10. |
Rimmon Peretz |
Ruman-Farzah |
- |
- |
S |
|
11. |
Livnah |
Lubanah |
- |
- |
S |
|
12. |
Rissah |
Rissah |
18.30 - 43.90 |
- |
S |
|
13. |
Kehelathah |
Qahlah |
- |
- |
S |
|
14. |
Mount Shefer |
Shifr |
- |
- |
S |
|
15. |
Charadah |
Haradah |
- |
- |
S |
|
16. |
Mak’heloth |
Al Majma or
Majma or
Wadi Al Majma’ah |
18.11 – 42.73
17.96 – 43.60
18.62 – 41.61 |
Heb. Meeting Place
Arabic. Majma |
S/MSS |
|
17. |
Tachath |
Suqaththalulut |
19.27 – 41.80 |
Kataath (Septuagint) |
MSS |
|
18. |
Terach |
UmmaTirah |
21.41 - 43.55 |
- |
MSS |
|
19. |
Mithkah |
Mithkah |
- |
- |
S |
|
20. |
Chashmonah |
Khashman |
- |
- |
S |
|
21. |
Moseroth |
Al Masarrah |
21.37 – 40.46 |
- |
MSS |
|
22. |
Beney Yaakan |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
23. |
Chor HaGidgad |
Qidqadah |
- |
- |
S |
|
24. |
Yatvathah |
Wadi Usbutah |
19.26 - 41.44 |
Yatbah in Deut. 10:7. Flowing
brooks. |
MSS |
|
25. |
Avronah |
Baranah - |
21.55 – 39.82 |
- |
MSS |
|
26. |
Etzyon Gever |
Harrat al Jebarya
or Jabara Jabelel |
21.88 – 40.05
20.30 - 40.50 |
Nb. The proximity to
Elath (Al Lith 20.15 - 40 - 25) 1 Kings 9:26 -- (Al Lith is a port
city.) |
MSS |
|
27. |
Kadesh in the Tizin Desert |
Mecca |
21.42 - 39.83 |
- |
Velikovsky – Ibn Ezra |
|
28. |
Hor Mountain at the edge of the
land of Edom |
Jabal Harrah |
- |
- |
S |
|
29. |
Mt. Seir |
Asir |
- |
- |
MSS |
|
30. |
Amorites |
Bene Amr |
- |
- |
MSS |
|
31. |
Yam Suf (Red/Reed Sea) |
Bahr Safi |
- |
- |
Teacher/S |
|
32. |
- |
Jebel Yam |
- |
- |
MSS |
|
33. |
- |
Hadbat (hump) Al Sufla |
- |
- |
MSS |
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