Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- BSB During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- NKJV And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- NASB Haran died during the lifetime of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- NLT But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.
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Cross-references · 4
- Gen 15:7He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
- Gen 11:31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
- Acts 7:2–4He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Neh 9:7You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
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