Places of the Bible

Shur

Between Canaan and Egypt (northern Sinai) · Old Testament · 6 verses

Shur was a wilderness region on the way between Canaan and Egypt, along the edge of the Sinai. It bordered the desert routes. The name appears in Genesis, Exodus, 1 Samuel in the King James text.

About Shur

Shur was a wilderness region on the way between Canaan and Egypt, along the edge of the Sinai. It bordered the desert routes.

Its place in the story

Hagar was found by a spring in the wilderness on the way to Shur, and Israel entered the wilderness of Shur just after crossing the sea. It marks part of the desert between Egypt and the promised land.

Shur in Scripture (KJV)

“And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.”

Genesis 16:7 (KJV)

“And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.”

Genesis 20:1 (KJV)

“And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.”

Genesis 25:18 (KJV)

“So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.”

Exodus 15:22 (KJV)

“And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.”

1 Samuel 15:7 (KJV)

“And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.”

1 Samuel 27:8 (KJV)

Where it leads

God's finding of Hagar near Shur shows his care for the lowly and outcast, a care fully shown in Christ.

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