Torah & Travel

Walk With Biblical Figures

Follow the patriarchs, kings, and prophets of the Tanakh across the map of modern Israel. Read the verses at each stop, see the journey on an interactive map, and plan your own biblical road trip.


8 stopsc. 1800 BCE (traditional)

Walk With Abraham

אברהם אבינו

Follow the father of the Jewish people from his first steps in Canaan to the Binding of Isaac. Abraham's journey traces a path through the heartland of Israel — from Shechem in the north to Beer Sheva in the south — establishing the sacred geography that his descendants would inherit.

1. Shechem2. Bethel3. Hebron (Oaks of Mamre)4. Dan5. Salem (Jerusalem)6. Beer Sheva7. Mount Moriah8. Cave of Machpelah
5 stopsc. 1040–970 BCE (traditional)

Walk With David

דוד המלך

Follow the shepherd boy from Bethlehem as he rises to become Israel's greatest king. David's journey is one of the most dramatic in the Tanakh — from being anointed in secret, to fleeing through the wilderness, to establishing Jerusalem as the eternal capital. His path traces the geography of courage, loyalty, and faith.

1. Bethlehem2. Valley of Elah3. Ein Gedi4. Hebron5. Jerusalem (City of David)
5 stopsc. 1400 BCE (traditional)

Walk With Joshua

יהושע בן נון

Follow Moses' successor as he leads the Israelites across the Jordan River and into the land God promised their ancestors. Joshua's military campaign moves from east to west and south to north, as one Canaanite city after another falls. Each stop marks a moment of faith, courage, and divine intervention.

1. Jordan River Crossing2. Gilgal3. Jericho4. Hazor5. Shechem
4 stopsc. 870–850 BCE (traditional)

Walk With Elijah

אליהו הנביא

Follow the fiery prophet who challenged kings and confronted false worship across Israel. Elijah's journey is one of dramatic highs and desperate lows — from the spectacular fire on Mount Carmel to his lonely flight into the wilderness, from the still small voice at Horeb to his fiery chariot ascending to heaven.

1. Mount Carmel2. Beer Sheva3. Jordan River4. Beyond the Jordan — Ascent
4 stopsc. 1100 BCE (traditional)

Walk With Ruth

רות המואביה

The shortest but most tender of the biblical journeys. Ruth, a Moabite woman, chooses to leave her homeland and follow her mother-in-law Naomi back to Bethlehem. Her words of loyalty — 'Where you go, I will go' — are among the most beautiful in all of Scripture. Her journey leads from grief to redemption, from a foreign field to the lineage of King David.

1. Moab (East of the Dead Sea)2. The Road to Judah3. Bethlehem4. Bethlehem — The Lineage
6 stopsc. 1750 BCE (traditional)

Walk With Jacob

יעקב אבינו

Follow the patriarch whose wrestling with God earned him the name Israel. Jacob's journey takes him from Beer Sheva to Bethel, into exile in Haran, and back through dramatic encounters at the Jabbok River and Shechem. At each stop, Jacob is transformed — from the deceiver who stole a blessing to the patriarch who fathered a nation.

1. Beer Sheva2. Bethel3. Shechem4. Bethel (Return)5. Near Bethlehem (Ephrath)6. Hebron