Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Paran?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Paran.

First appears in Genesis 21:21 · 5 books · 7 chapters

Overview

Abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns, (Gen. 21:21), a desert tract forming the north-eastern division of the peninsula of Sinai, lying between the ‘Arabah on the east and the wilderness of Shur on the west. Modern identification: Paran.

Paran is represented in the local geography layer as Paran. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 21:21 and is mentioned across 5 books, with 8 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Numbers

3 chapter s · 4 verse mentions

Genesis

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention