Blueprint Negev -Be'er Sheva

[@andisrael]

Cool :)

[@WalterRMattfeld]

This video shows an ancient well claimed to be Abraham's. The problem? Most archaeologists locate Abraham's well at Arabic: Tel es Saba (modern Israeli: Tel Beersheba) several miles away. At Tel Beersheba the well stands just outside the entrance to the ancient city. It was excavated and found in its depths were Israelite and Philistine pottery shards, somewhat confirming the biblical claim of Abraham's shepherds contending with local Philistines over the well's ownership. The problem? The Philistine shards were dated circa 1150 BC. The Bible dates Abraham to circa 2200 BC (some scholars prefer 1800 BC). Pharaoh Rameses III stated that in 1177 BC Pelest (Philistine) invaders from across the sea conquered Canaan and then attempted to conquer Egypt. He defeated them and says he settled them in his Canaanite strongholds or forts, one of which was Gaza. The Bible has God telling Abraham Canaan will be for his descendants one day and this promise is made in a Philistine world of 2200/1800 BC, but archaeology reveals the Bible has the wrong date, the Philistines did not arrive in Canaan until circa 1177 BC, not 2200/1800 BC. This means God's oath sworn to Abraham is bogus and without any merit, as it didn't happen in a Philistine world of 2200/1800 BC, if it happened at all, it would have to be after 1177 BC. For more data on what archaeologists found at Tel Beersheba see Michael Avi-Yonah (Editor), vol. 1, pp. 160-168, "Tel Beersheba," in _Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land_. Oxford University Press. London. 1975.

[@Sennmut]

Isaac dug several wells, also. Confusion after 4,000 years is likely.