Chapter 12 route notes
Genesis: Abraham chapter 12 map: Abram called to Canaan and Egypt
The interactive map opens this page at chapter 12. The static notes below explain the chapter's mapped location, distance changes, slope or depth changes, and source trail.
Anchor
Haran, Canaan, Negev, and Egypt
Movement
surface
Segments active
4
Chapter distance
1,254 km
Chapter facts
- Abram leaves Haran, enters Canaan at Shechem and Bethel, then goes south and down to Egypt during famine.
- Mapped displacements: haran-shechem-abraham, shechem-bethel-abraham, bethel-negev-abraham, negev-egypt-abraham.
- Surface or contextual geography; no depth movement is modeled.
Route geometry comes from mapped segment ids: haran-shechem-abraham, shechem-bethel-abraham, bethel-negev-abraham, negev-egypt-abraham.
Mapped paths in this chapter
| Path | From | To | Medium | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haran to Shechem | Haran | Shechem | Family caravan | 644 km |
| Shechem to Bethel | Shechem | Bethel | Family caravan | 32 km |
| Bethel toward the Negev | Bethel | Negev | Family caravan | 132 km |
| Famine descent to Egypt | Negev | Egypt | Famine journey | 447 km |