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Genesis 11:28

HaranTerahUr of the Chaldees

26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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.

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

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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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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • 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;

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