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Penuel (or Pnuel; Hebrew: פְּנוּאֵל Pənūʾēl) is a place described in the Hebrew Bible as being not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok in present-day Jordan. Penuel is mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the site of Jacob's struggle with the angel.
The Zarqa River is identified with the biblical river Jabbok. [4] Biblical Jacob crossed the Jabbok on his way to Canaan, after leaving Harran. It leads west into the Sukkot Valley, from where one crosses over the Jordan and can easily reach Shechem, as Jacob eventually did. The biblical cities of Zaretan and Adam are also at the mouth of the ...
These scholars also looked for an alternative location for Penuel. According to Genesis 32:22, a ford across the lower River Jabbok was located close to Penuel. As a result, the site had to be located next to the Zarqa River and was therefore identified as Tall al-Hamma East (32°11'32.0"N 35°38'48.0"E). [2]
Territory of Gad on an 1852 map: Mahanaim can be seen in the northeast corner of the pink-shaded area of Gad. Mahanaim (Hebrew: מַחֲנַיִם Maḥănayīm, "camps") is a place mentioned a number of times by the Bible said to be near Jabbok, in the same general area as Jabesh-gilead, beyond the Jordan River. Although two possible sites ...
On that night, he arose and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and he crossed over the Jabbok ford. He took them and sent them over the river, and he sent over that which was his. Jacob was left to his lonesome. A man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. He saw that he was powerless against him.
Jacob crossed it and its tributary, the Jabbok (the modern Zarqa River), on his way back from Haran (Genesis 32:11, 32:23–24). It is noted as the line of demarcation between the "two tribes and the half tribe" settled to the east (Numbers 34:15) and the "nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh" that settled to the west (Joshua 13:7, passim).
Map of the twelve tribes of Israel (before the move of Dan to the north), based on the Book of Joshua, c. 1200–1050 BCE. Transjordan (Hebrew: עבר הירדן, Ever HaYarden) is an area of land in the Southern Levant lying east of the Jordan River valley. It is also alternatively called Gilead.
Absalom's Monument; Achaia; Admah; Ai; Akko; Akkad – Mesopotamian state; Allammelech – within the Tribe of Asher land, described in the Book of Joshua. [1]Allon Bachuth; Alqosh, in the Nineveh Plains, mentiomed in the Book of Nahum