Land of Moriah
모리아 땅 מוֹרִיָּה
The land Abraham is told to go to with Isaac in Genesis 22. Identifying it with Mount Moriah in 2 Chronicles 3:1, and any modern coordinate, needs separate interpretive and geographic review.
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- GEN 22:2, engwebp
2He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
- GEN 22:3–8, engwebp
3Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
4On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
5Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”
6Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.
7Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.
- GEN 22:9–13, engwebp
9They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
10Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
11The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
12He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
13Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Unresolved interpretation: The land of Moriah in Genesis and Mount Moriah in 2 Chronicles
- Genesis 22:2 tells Abraham to go to the land of Moriah.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- GEN 22:2, engwebp
2He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
- GEN 22:2, engwebp
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 says the house was begun on Mount Moriah at Jerusalem.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2CH 3:1–2, engwebp
1Then Solomon began to build the LORD’s house at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
- 2CH 3:1–2, engwebp
Both passages use the name Moriah, but Genesis 22:2 speaks of a land and 2 Chronicles 3:1 of a mountain at Jerusalem. These verses alone do not establish that they are the same place.
Geographic sources & candidates
The UNESCO Old City reference point is about 0.35 km from the legacy pin and is not a Mount Moriah summit point. A sacred tradition is not independent verification of Genesis 22; retain the unverified pin.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-20
- Dome of the Rock / Jerusalem sacred precinct
traditional association; event location unverified
UNESCO — Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls - Old City of Jerusalem (comparison only, not Moriah)
heritage-area reference point; wrong granularity for event location
31.777778, 35.231667, N31 46 40 E35 13 54
UNESCO — Old City of Jerusalem geographic data
Legacy coordinate (audit record): 31.7781, 35.2354
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Occurred at (1) — Binding of Isaac (Akeda)
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Narrated location (1) — The journey toward the place, and the question about the lamb
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Land of Moriah (place-moriah) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/moriah Current wording: The land Abraham is told to go to with Isaac in Genesis 22. Identifying it with Mount Moriah in 2 Chronicles 3:1, and any modern coordinate, needs separate interpretive and geographic review. Cited evidence: GEN 22:2, engwebp / GEN 22:3–8, engwebp / GEN 22:9–13, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.