PART TWO OLD TESTAMENT PERIODS The Patriarchal period Abraham and the King’s Highway Born in Ur in S Mesopotamia, Abraham travelled with a large family group to Harran in the NW (Gn.11:27-31). While most of the group settled there (= Paddan-aram in 28:2, etc.), Abraham obeyed God’s call and moved on with his own family to Canaan (12:1-5). Export Graphic Possible routes for Abraham’s journey from Ur to Canaan (Gn.11:31-12:6). Of the two possible routes to Harran, the southern (shown by solid line)
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