NOTES
NOTES.
ABRAHAM. HIS JOURNEYS.
Ur of the Chaldees was an ancient city on the great plain of Babylon.
Haran. A city lying far to the north of Ur, northeast of Palestine, on the road from the east to the Mediterranean coast.
Canaan, Palestine, the Land of Israel, are all names which have been used at different times for the same country. Canaan is the oldest Biblical name. It means "the lowlands" near the Mediterranean, but was used for the whole country.
Shechem. A city in the middle of Canaan, in a valley between two mountains, Ebal and Gerizim.
Oak of Mamre. The name suggests an oak that was connected with a sacred place. Its exact site is not known, but it must be somewhere near Hebron.
Beth-el was a sacred place, in later times very important. It is on the great road north and south, about twelve miles north of Jerusalem. Ai was about two miles east, in the head of a valley which falls rapidly toward the Jordan.