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Haran הָרָן
Haran, the son of Terah and brother of Abraham, was the father of Lot and died in Ur before his father Terah.
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Where Haran appears
Genesis (5)
Key verses
- Genesis 11:26 first mention — And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- Genesis 11:27 — Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
- Genesis 11:28 — And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- 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.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.