Genesis 11:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Took

Genesis 11:26

Genesis 12:1

They went

Ur

Joshua 24:2

Nehemiah 9:7

Acts 7:2

General references

Genesis 28:10

Bible References

Took

After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram and Nahor and Haran [his firstborn].

Now [in Haran] the Lord had said to Abram,

“Go away from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;

They went

Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Now [in Haran] the Lord had said to Abram,

“Go away from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;

Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, lived beyond the [Euphrates] River in ancient times; and they served other gods.

By faith Abraham, when he was called [by God], obeyed by going to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went, not knowing where he was going.

Ur

“You are the Lord God,
Who chose Abram
And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees,
And gave him the name Abraham.

And he answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory [the Shekinah, the radiance of God] appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

General references

Now Jacob left Beersheba [never to see his mother again] and traveled toward Haran.