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Shur in the Bible

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Likely location · 30.49° N, 32.96° E

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Bible verses that mention Shur

  • Genesis 16:7

    The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

  • Genesis 20:1

    Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.

  • Genesis 25:18

    They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.

  • Exodus 15:22

    Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

  • 1 Samuel 15:7

    Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.

  • 1 Samuel 27:8

    David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

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