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Genesis usually names only where a journey starts and ends. The routes follow the main roads of the period. Dotted lines mark trips where the text gives no place or road at all.
Each site marker shows how sure the identification is. Galeed, Mahanaim, Penuel and Migdal Eder are placed approximately.
Jacob’s ages are worked out from Genesis’ own numbers (25:26; 37:2; 41:46; 45:6; 47:9). It is arithmetic many commentators use, not a date the text states, so hold it loosely.
Site identifications follow the standard Bible atlases, such as Rainey and Notley, The Sacred Bridge, and Aharoni, The Land of the Bible. Scripture quotations are from the ESV.