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Genesis 11:28

HaranTerahUr of the Chaldees

26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

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BSB
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
KJV
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
WEB
Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
ASV
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
DARBY
And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.
BLB
And Haran died before the face of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
ÅB
Og Haran døde hos sin far Tarah i sitt fedreland, i Ur i Kaldea.
OTB
Haran døde i sin far Tarahs levetid i landet der han ble født, i Ur i Kaldea.
B1930
Og Haran døde hos sin far Tarah i sitt fedreland, i Ur i Kaldea.

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  • Genesis 15:7

    The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

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  • Genesis 11:31

    And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

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  • Acts 7:2–4

    And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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  • Nehemiah 9:7

    You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

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