Ur
Ur of the Chaldeans, the hometown of Abraham in Mesopotamia, from where God called him to go to the land of Canaan.
The name Ur means “fire, light, a valley”
PlaceOld Testament2 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Genesis 11:28; only referred to as Ur (אוּר).
Location
- Certainty
- Likely (70% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 30.962° N, 46.104° E
Events
Dates are approximate
- Birth of Abrahamc. 1997 BC
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- אוּרUr
Mentions
- During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- 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.
- 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.”
- You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.