Genesis 11:28 KJV
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Matthew Henry
- Terah, father of Abram, grandfather of Lot, they remove to HaranHere begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are...
Cross References
- Genesis 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Nehemiah 9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
- Acts 7:2–4 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, …
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible2446–2126 BC · From Shem to Terah
Places
- UrTown · today Tell el Muqayyar · Location likely
- ChaldeaRegion · today Tell el Muqayyar · Location well established
- Places in Genesis 11 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- Haran(1.) Heb. haran; i.e., “mountaineer.” The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He...
- TerahThe wanderer; loiterer, for some unknown reason emigrated with his family from his native mountains in the north to the plains of...
- UrLight, or the moon city, a city “of the Chaldees,” the birthplace of Haran (Gen 11:28, Gen 11:31), the largest city of Shinar or northern...
- ChaldeesOr Chaldeans, the inhabitants of the country of which Babylon was the capital. They were so called till the time of the Captivity (2 Kgs...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Haran הָרָן hārān הָרָן Proper name
- died וַיָּמָת wayyāmāt מוּת Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- before עַל ʿal Preposition פְּנֵי pĕnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct
- his father אָבִיו ʾābîw אָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- Terah תֶּרַח teraḥ תֶּרַח Proper name
- in the land בְּאֶרֶץ bĕʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of his nativity מוֹלַדְתּוֹ môladtô מוֹלֶדֶת Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- in Ur בְּאוּר bĕʾwwr אוּר Proper name · with preposition
- of the Chaldees כַּשְׂדִּים kaśdîm כַּשְׂדִּי Proper name
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