Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Mesopotamia’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Mesopotamia’ occurs 20 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Mesopotamia’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 24:10 And he took ten camels from his lord’s herd, and he went forth, carrying with him things from all of his goods. And he set out, and continued on, to the city of Nahor, in Mesopotamia.Genesis 24:10
Genesis 25:20 who, when he was forty years old, took Rebekah, the sister of Laban, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian from Mesopotamia, as a wife.Genesis 25:20
Genesis 28:2 But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.Genesis 28:2
Genesis 28:5 And when Isaac had dismissed him, setting out, he went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother to Rebekah, his mother.Genesis 28:5
Genesis 28:6 But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: ‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’Genesis 28:6
Genesis 31:18 And he took all his substance and flocks, and whatever he had acquired in Mesopotamia, and he journeyed to his father Isaac, in the land of Canaan.Genesis 31:18
Genesis 33:18 And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria. And he lived near the town.Genesis 33:18
Genesis 35:9 Then God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,Genesis 35:9
Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah, handmaid of Leah: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.Genesis 35:26
Genesis 46:15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore, along with his daughter Dinah, in Mesopotamia of Syria. All the souls of her sons and daughters are thirty-three.Genesis 46:15
Genesis 48:7 As for me, when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the very journey, and it was springtime. And I entered Ephrath and buried her next to the way of Ephrath, which by another name is called Bethlehem.”Genesis 48:7
Number of the word / term Mesopotamia in Genesis: 11
Bible passages with ‘Mesopotamia’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 23:4 because they were not willing to meet you with bread and water along the way, when you had departed from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, in order to curse you.Deuteronomy 23:4
Number of the word / term Mesopotamia in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Mesopotamia’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 24:3 Then I brought your father Abraham from the parts of Mesopotamia, and I led him into the land of Canaan. And I multiplied his offspring,Joshua 24:3
Joshua 24:14 Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.Joshua 24:14
Joshua 24:15 But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”Joshua 24:15
Number of the word / term Mesopotamia in Joshua: 3
Bible passages with ‘Mesopotamia’ in the book Judges
Judges 3:8 And the Lord, having become angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Mesopotamia, and they served him for eight years.Judges 3:8
Number of the word / term Mesopotamia in Judges: 1
Bible passages with ‘Mesopotamia’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 19:6 Then, when the sons of Ammon realized that they had committed an injury against David, both Hanun and the rest of the people sent one thousand talents of silver, so that they might hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, and from Syrian Maacah, and from Zobah.1 Chronicles 19:6
Number of the word / term Mesopotamia in 1 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Mesopotamia’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 60:1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed, with the inscription of a title, of David himself, for instruction: when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal, and Joab turned back and struck Idumea, in the valley of the salt pits, twelve thousand men. O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us.Psalm 60:1
Number of the word / term Mesopotamia in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Mesopotamia’ in the book Acts
Acts 2:9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,Acts 2:9
Acts 7:2 And Stephen said: “Noble brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he stayed in Haran.Acts 7:2
Number of the word / term ‘Mesopotamia’ in Acts: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
