Haran
Haran was a city in Mesopotamia where Abraham and his family settled after leaving Ur, and from where Abraham later departed for Canaan.
The name Haran means “mountainous country”
PlaceOld & New Testaments5 books13 verses
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- Harran
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (92% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 36.864° N, 39.033° E
Events
Dates are approximate
- Death of Terahc. 1921 BC
- Abraham enters Canaanc. 1921 BC
Glossary entries
Alternative names
Mentions
Includes 1 verse that refer to Haran without naming it.
- 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.
- Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
- So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
- And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
- So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
- Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
- “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
- Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
- Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
- Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
- Ezekiel 27:24Referred to, not namedIn your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.
- 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,
- So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.