Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Pau?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Wadi Fai.

First appears in Genesis 36:39 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Wadi Fai.

Pau is represented in the local geography layer as Wadi Fai. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 36:39 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 65 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 73 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 73 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 79 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 87 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Pau today

Travel to Pau, the modern-day Wadi Fai.

Pau is commonly identified with Wadi Fai, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Pau is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Wadi Fai

along Wadi Fai

31.121°N · 35.190°E

Key passages

Appears in

Genesis

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention