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How to read the map

• The names of regions are red with uppercase letters.
• The names of towns and cities are black with lowercase letters.
• The names of seas, lakes, and rivers are blue with uppercase letters.
• The green areas are where there are plants and trees.
• The brown areas are desert.
• The blue areas are seas and lakes.
• The blue lines are rivers.
• The black line shows the path that Abram may have taken.

Abram's Journey to Canaan

• God told Abram to go to the land that God would show him. (Genesis 12:1)
• Abram and his family traveled from the city of Ur to the city of Haran. (Genesis 11:31)
  • They followed the path of the Euphrates River as they traveled.
  • Abram's father died in Haran. (Genesis 11:32)
• Abram and his family traveled to the land of Canaan and stopped at the city of Shechem. (Genesis 12:5-6)
  • The Lord told Abram that he would give his descendants the land of Canaan. (Genesis 12:7)
  • Abram built an altar to the Lord. (Genesis 12:7)
• Abram and his family traveled south and stayed at a place in between Bethel and Ai. (Genesis 12:8)
  • Abram set up his tent there. (Genesis 12:8)
  • Abram built an altar to God. (Genesis 12:8)
• Abram traveled toward the Negev. (Genesis 12:9)
• God later changed Abram's name to Abraham. (Genesis 17:5)