Jordan Valley
Where Jordan Valley sits on the map, and the 8 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Coordinates
- 32.3172, 35.5700
- Mentions
- 8 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
8 verses, in biblical order.
Genesis
- Genesis 13:10
And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.
- Genesis 13:11
And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.
- Genesis 13:12
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.
- Genesis 19:17
And they brought him out, and placed him beyond the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: “Save your life. Do not look back. Neither should you stay in the entire surrounding region. But save yourself in the mountain, lest you also should perish.”
- Genesis 19:25
And he overturned these cities, and all the surrounding region: all the inhabitants of the cities, and everything that springs from the land.
- Genesis 19:28
looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and the entire land of that region. And he saw embers rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
- Genesis 19:29
For when God overthrew the cities of that region, remembering Abraham, he freed Lot from the overthrow of the cities, in which he had dwelt.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 18:23
And he responded, “But what if I do run?” And he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz, running along a shorter way, passed Hushai.