Biblical geography

[granpa]

Templateivision of the land - Religion-wiki

Sorry I cant seem to get a screenshot that works. (probably because its so big)

Comments, questions, suggestions are welcome.

 

[granpa]

The most interesting thing about this chart is that it shows clearly the migration routes of the early settlers. They moved up the Nile to the Mediterranean then along the coast in both directions (The Caphtorites either split off from the Philistines or are a third group that split off from Egypt that went back along the gulf of Suez and the gulf of Aqaba to Petra). Another group split off at the blue Nile went to the red sea where they then went along the coast (eventually reaching Ezion Geber and becoming the Avvim). Another group then split off and went to the Persian gulf and went up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to Asia Minor then turned and swept back down to Ezion Geber and then back eastward to Havilah. Indo-Europeans split off and went north of the black sea and went west to Spain and also east to India.

The identification of Magog with India and Tubal with Rome gives a new light on Ez 38:
The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of [a] Meshech and Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

God is calling the white supremacist leader of Rome a (black) hypocrite.

and on Rev 20:
7And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,
8and he shall go forth to lead the nations astray, that are in the four corners of the earth -- Gog and Magog -- to gather them together to war, of whom the number [is] as the sand of the sea;

Its referring to Rome not Russia

the similarity between the stations of the exodus and the names of the sons of ishmael and the sons of Joktan along the southern shore of the arabian peninsula (and some of the Hamites along the opposite shore) is also very interesting. I tentatively added the sons of Aram and the sons of Nahor.

The identification of Midian is tentative but seems probable to me.

Mt Sinai/Horeb is either identical with or is very near Petra which is either identical with or very near Mesha/Massa.

The chart is a work in progress so nothing is carved in stone.

 

[granpa]

Ive radically changed the borders of issachar zebulun and naphtali. Or rather i've changed them back. Someday i'll learn to trust my instincts.

I've also just learned about more stations of the exodus in deuteronomy. They appear to just be different pronunciations of the stations in numbers. you can find them along the eastern border of edom