Genesis 15:12

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When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

Historical maps are public-domain atlas plates, digitized by Wikimedia Commons.

Ur of the Chaldeans was Abraham’s Mesopotamian homeland; Damascus lay north along his journey, Egypt foreshadows Israel’s coming affliction, and the Euphrates marked the promised land’s ideal northern boundary. Though not named in verse 12 itself, these

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Genesis 15:12 mentions Chaldea, Damascus, Egypt, Euphrates and Ur.

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato