» This article is about the moshav. For the wilderness, see Desert of Paran. Paran is a small moshav in the Arabah valley in southern Israel. Located around 100 km north of Eilat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Central Arava Regional Council. In 2009 it had a population of around 100 families. History Paran is mentioned in the Bible Genesis 21:20-21 "God blessed Ishmael, and as the boy grew older, he became an expert with his bow and arrows. He lived in the Paran Disert, and his mother chos… (More on Paran)