Paran
Paran was a desert region in the Sinai Peninsula, associated with the Israelites' wanderings and the early life of Ishmael.
The name Paran means “beauty; glory; ornament”
PlaceOld Testament5 books8 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Genesis 21:21; only referred to as Paran (פָּארָן).
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 30.303° N, 34.777° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- פָּארָןParan
Mentions
- And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- …and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
- After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
- …and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
- These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.