Biblical place

Where was Zoar?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Al Safi.

First appears in Genesis 13:10 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

Small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Gen. 19:22, 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). Modern identification: Al Safi.

Zoar is represented in the local geography layer as Al Safi. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 13:10 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 9 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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Bethlehem

About 79 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 81 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 86 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 86 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 93 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zoar today

Travel to Zoar, the modern-day Al Safi.

Zoar is commonly identified with Al Safi, 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.

Zoar 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

Al Safi

31.037°N · 35.488°E

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