Places — E
Biblical places starting with the letter E — click any entry to open its page when available.
12 places
Eden
Eden is the region where Yahweh planted the garden and placed the man.
Genesis 2-3CreationEdom
Edom is the land and people associated with Esau; the Song of the Sea says the chieftains of Edom are dismayed when they hear of Yahweh's deed at the sea.
Genesis 25, 32, 36Exodus 15RegionEgypt
Israel must not oppress the alien, for they themselves were once aliens in Egypt; the feast of Unleavened Bread is kept in Abib, the month they came out of Egypt, as the Sinai covenant restates.
Genesis 12-13, 26, 37, 39-41, 43-50Exodus 1-5, 11-16, 18-20, 22-23, 32-34Forced labourPassoverEl-Bethel
El-Bethel ('God of Bethel') is the name Jacob gives to the altar he builds at Bethel in Genesis 35, marking where God appeared to him during his flight from Esau.
Genesis 35Altar siteEl-Paran
El-Paran is named near the desert edge on the campaign route.
Genesis 14RegionElam
Elam is the kingdom ruled by Chedor-Laomer in Genesis 14.
Genesis 14KingdomElim
A camping place after Marah with twelve springs and seventy palm trees; in Exodus 16 the whole community sets out from Elim into the desert of Sin.
Exodus 15-16ExodusOasisEllasar
Ellasar is the realm of King Arioch in Genesis 14.
Genesis 14KingdomEnaim
A roadside site on the way to Timnah where Tamar disguises herself and Judah gives his seal, cord, and staff as a pledge in Genesis 38.
Genesis 38CanaanEphrath
Ephrath, later known as Bethlehem, is where Rachel dies and is buried; Jacob recalls this burial when blessing Joseph's sons in Genesis 48.
Genesis 35, 48CanaanErech
A city of Shinar listed among the centers of Nimrod's empire.
Genesis 10ShinarEtham
Israel's camp on the edge of the desert after leaving Succoth, before the roundabout way through the desert of the Sea of Reeds.
Exodus 13ExodusDesert