Ur in the Bible
Meaning: fire, light, a valley
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Ur » Abraham's native place » Abraham leaves
the God who chose Abram
and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
and changed his name to Abraham.
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
He also said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Ur » Abraham's native place
These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot. Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans, during his father Terah's lifetime.
Ur » Father of one of david's mighty men
Eliphal son of Ur,