This document is about Gebal (Lebanon_Port). For other homonyms, please refer to the Gebal document.
Gebal is one of the large ports in the Lebanon region. It is located in the order of Sidon, Tyre, and Gebal from south to north.
Josh 13:5and the land of the Gebalites and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath,
In Greek, it is called Byblos, from which the Bible gets its name. Papyrus produced in Egypt was sold to the Greek region through this place, hence the meaning of "bundle of papyrus."