Place
Mesopotamia
region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
The ancient river-land between the Tigris and Euphrates, homeland of Abraham's family and source of Israel's first oppressor in the time of the judges.
Who or what is this?
Mesopotamia, from the meaning 'land between the rivers,' denotes the fertile region between the Tigris and rivers, corresponding roughly to modern Iraq. In the biblical narrative it is connected with 's origins: Acts 7:2 states that God appeared to Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in . It also figures in the patriarchal stories as the homeland to which Abraham sends his servant to find a wife for (Genesis 24), and to which flees from . In Judges 3:8–10 a king of Mesopotamia, Cushan-rishathaim, oppresses Israel until delivers the nation. At , Mesopotamians are among the diverse crowd who hear the disciples speaking in their own language (Acts 2:9).
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Modern location: Harran. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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