Haran
Haran appears in 12 verses of the Bible, from Genesis to Acts.
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- Near Harran, 660 km northeast of Jerusalem
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Haran was a Mesopotamian city where Terah died, from which Abram left for Canaan, and where Jacob lived twenty years with Laban and raised his family.
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One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
Genesis 11:31 · Read the chapter -
Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!
2 Kings 19:12 · Read the chapter -
Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!
Isaiah 37:12 · Read the chapter -
“Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too.
Ezekiel 27:23 · Read the chapter -
This was Stephen’s reply: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.
Acts 7:2 · Read the chapter
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