Biblical place
Where was Shur?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Ar Ruwaysat.
First appears in Genesis 16:7 · 3 books · 6 chapters
Overview
An enclosure; a wall, a part, probably, of the Arabian desert, on the north-eastern border of Egypt, giving its name to a wilderness extending from Egypt toward Philistia (Gen. 16:7; 20:1; 25:18; Ex. 15:22). Modern identification: Ar Ruwaysat.
Shur is represented in the local geography layer as Ar Ruwaysat. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 16:7 and is mentioned across 3 books, with 6 verse references collected into the glossary index.