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Paran in the Bible.

Paran is a region in the Bible, its middle about 169 km (105 miles) south of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 8 verses, from Genesis 21:21 to 1 Kings 11:18.

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About Paran.

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. It is intersected in a north-western direction by the Wady el-‘Arish. It bears the modern name of Badiet et-Tih, i.e., “the desert of the wanderings.” This district, through which the children of Israel wandered, lay three days’ march from Sinai (Num. 10:12, 33). From Kadesh, in this wilderness, spies (q.v.) were sent to spy the land (13:3, 26). Here, long afterwards, David found refuge from Saul (1 Sam. 25:1, 4).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Paran.

Moses 3Pharaoh 2Aaron 1David 1Samuel 1

All 8 verses that name Paran.

Genesis 1

  • Genesis 21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Numbers 4

  • Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
  • Numbers 12:16And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
  • Numbers 13:3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
  • Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

Deuteronomy 1

  • Deuteronomy 1:1These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

1 Samuel 1

  • 1 Samuel 25:1And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

1 Kings 1

  • 1 Kings 11:18And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.

Questions about Paran.

Where is Paran in the Bible?

Paran is a region its middle about 169 km (105 miles) south of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Paran named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Paran in 8 verses, in 5 books, from Genesis 21:21 to 1 Kings 11:18.

Which people are named with Paran in the Bible?

The verses that name Paran also name Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron, David and Samuel.

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