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Egypt

Approximate location. The area is clear, but the exact site is not.

The kingdom of the Nile. The dot marks the region near modern Cairo. Abram went down in a famine, Joseph rose from slave to ruler, and Jacob's family lived here until Moses led Israel out. Later Jeroboam fled here, Jeremiah was taken here against his will, and Joseph brought the child Jesus here.

Who passed through

In story order. King James Version.

  1. Abraham, Genesis 12:10
    And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
  2. Sarah, Genesis 12:11
    And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
  3. Joseph (OT), Genesis 39:1
    And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
  4. Joseph (OT), Genesis 41:41
    And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
  5. Benjamin, Genesis 43:15
    And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
  6. Jacob, Genesis 46:6
    And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
  7. Jochebed, Numbers 26:59
    And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
  8. Shiphrah, Exodus 1:15
    And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
  9. Puah, Exodus 1:15
    And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
  10. Moses, Exodus 4:20
    And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
  11. Aaron, Exodus 12:1
    And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
  12. Jeroboam, 1 Kings 11:40
    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
  13. Jeremiah, Jeremiah 43:6
    Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
  14. Baruch, Jeremiah 43:6
    Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
  15. Joseph, Matthew 2:19
    But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

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Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).