Beer Yeruham - N 30° 59.492 E 034° 54.576
Tel Rahma - N 30° 59.110 E 034° 54.280 (see in additional waypoints)
Genesis - Chapters 21
14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad. And the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not. For God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Yeruham Park and Lake
A little out of the way, in the hills of the northern Negev, there are green groves and a man-made lake in the middle of the desert. After years of neglect, an effluents recycling plant was finally constructed on the outskirts of Yeruham, helping to revive the lake, and you are invited to make your way down south and come for a visit.
Links:
Yeruham Park and Lake
Yeruham and the Sternbergias - Track
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