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SHUR

(Heb. šûr)

A desert region in the northeast Sinai, S of the Mediterranean coast and between Egypt and the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-ʾArish). The wilderness of Sur, also called the wilderness of Etham (Num. 33:8), was the southwestern border of Canaan. For a time Abraham settled between Kadesh and Shur (Gen. 20:1), and Abraham’s handmaid Hagar fled toward Shur to a well, where an angel found her (16:7). The descendants of Ishmael settled from Havilah to Shur (Gen. 25:18). Later, Moses led the Israelites through the wilderness of Shur for three days until they came to the bitter waters of Marah (Exod. 15:22). Shur was used to indicate the direction from Palestine toward Egypt (1 Sam. 15:7; 27:8).

Shur (Heb. “wall”) may also have referred to a series of border forts established by the Egyptians to control the influx of foreigners from the east. The Way to Shur was a major caravan route that ran east-west from the King’s Highway through the wildernesses of Zin and Shur to Egypt (Gen. 16:7).

Bradford Scott Hummel

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SHUR

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)