Places of the Bible

Haran

Upper Mesopotamia (Padan-aram) · both · 18 verses

Haran was a city in upper Mesopotamia where Abram's family settled after leaving Ur. It lay in the region later called Padan-aram. The name appears in Genesis, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles and 3 more in the King James text.

About Haran

Haran was a city in upper Mesopotamia where Abram's family settled after leaving Ur. It lay in the region later called Padan-aram.

Its place in the story

Terah's family stopped and dwelt in Haran, and Abram departed from there when he continued to Canaan. Haran was also the region to which Jacob later fled and where he met Rachel and served Laban.

Haran in Scripture (KJV)

“And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”
Genesis 11:26 (KJV)
“Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.”
Genesis 11:27 (KJV)
“And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.”
Genesis 11:28 (KJV)
“And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.”
Genesis 11:29 (KJV)
“And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.”
Genesis 11:31 (KJV)
“And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.”
Genesis 11:32 (KJV)
“So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.”
Genesis 12:4 (KJV)
“And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”
Genesis 12:5 (KJV)

Haran is named 18 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

Haran is part of the road God led Abraham along toward the promised land, a journey of faith that Scripture holds up as the pattern of trusting God, fulfilled in Christ.

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Where is Haran in the Bible?

Haran was a city in upper Mesopotamia where Abram's family settled after leaving Ur. It lay in the region later called Padan-aram. The name appears in Genesis, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles and 3 more in the King James text.

What happened at Haran?

Terah's family stopped and dwelt in Haran, and Abram departed from there when he continued to Canaan. Haran was also the region to which Jacob later fled and where he met Rachel and served Laban.

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