Haran
Haran, the son of Terah and brother of Abraham, was the father of Lot and died in Ur before his father Terah.
The name Haran means “mountainous country”
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Summary
Glossary entries
Family members
- Father
Alternative names
- הָרָןHaran
Mentions
- When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.