Heliopolis
Where Heliopolis sits on the map, and the 5 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Ain Shams
- Coordinates
- 30.1294, 31.3075
- Mentions
- 5 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
5 verses, in biblical order.
Genesis
- Genesis 41:45
And he changed his name and called him, in the Egyptian tongue: ‘Savior of the world.’ And he gave him as a wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. And so Joseph went out into the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:50
Then, before the famine arrived, Joseph had two sons born, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him.
- Genesis 46:20
And sons were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 43:13
And he will crush the statues of the house of the Sun, those that are in the land of Egypt, and the shrines of the gods of Egypt he will burn up with fire.”
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 30:17
The young men of Heliopolis and Pibeseth will fall by the sword, and the young women will be led into captivity.
Routes that pass through here
Tabor itineraries with a stop at this place.