Haran
Gender: Male
Years: -2056 - -1926
Dictionary Text: Heb. haran; i.e., “mountaineer.” The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Disambiguation Notes: Haran (and Haran died in his native city, Ur in Babylonia, while his father was still living.)
Family Members
- Father: Terah
- Siblings:
- Children:
Verses
- Genesis 11:26: And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- 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.
- 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 11:28: And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:27: Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
