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Paran

Facts:

Paran was a desert or wilderness area east of Egypt and south of the land of Canaan. There was also a Mount Paran, which may have been another name for Mount Sinai.

  • The slave Hagar and her son Ishmael went to live in the wilderness of Paran after Sarah ordered Abraham to send them away.
  • When Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, they passed through the wilderness of Paran.
  • It was from Kadesh-Barnea in the wilderness of Paran that Moses sent twelve men to spy out the land of Canaan and bring back a report.
  • The wilderness of Zin was north of Paran and the wilderness of Sin was south of Paran.

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(See also: other/canaan · other/desert · other/egypt · other/kadesh · other/sinai)

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