Some associate Wadi Gharandel with the biblical narrative of
the Exodus, namely with
Elim, the fourth
station where the
Israelites camped during their journey away from slavery in Egypt (, ).
Bedouin traditions speak of
flash floods in Wadi Gharandel, reminiscent of the re-flooding of the
Red Sea in
the Exodus narrative once the
Israelites had
passed through the sea on dry ground ().
Edward Henry Palmer, the
Palestine Exploration Fund's Secretary, undertaking work for the PEF's Sinai Survey in 1869, met with Bedouin who described such floods. ==References==