Reference: Haran
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1. The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father Terah, Ge 11:26-31.
2. An ancient city called in the New Testament Charran, in the northwest part of Mesopotamia. Here, after leaving Ur, Abraham dwelt till is father Terah died; and to this old homestead Isaac sent for a wife, and Jacob fled from the wrath of Esau, Ge 11:31-32; 12:5; 24; 27:43; 28:10; 29:4. Haran was ravaged by the Assyrians in the time of Hezekiah, 2Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12. Here also Crassus the Roman general was defeated and killed by the Parthiuated on a branch of the Euphrates, in 36 degrees 52' north latitude, and 39 degrees 5' east longitude, in a flat and sandy plain, and is only peopled by a few wandering Arabs, who select it for the delicious water it furnishes.
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And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; read more. and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife is Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife is Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child. And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.
and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,
And Jacob saith to them, 'My brethren, from whence are ye?' and they say, 'We are from Haran.'
did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Thelassar?
Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Telassar?
Easton
(1.) Heb haran; i.e., "mountaineer." The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father (Ge 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees.
(2.) Heb haran, i.e., "parched;" or probably from the Accadian charana, meaning "a road." A celebrated city of Western Asia, now Harran, where Abram remained, after he left Ur of the Chaldees, till his father Terah died (Ge 11:31-32), when he continued his journey into the land of Canaan. It is called "Charran" in the LXX. and in Ac 7:2. It is called the "city of Nahor" (Ge 24:10), and Jacob resided here with Laban (Ge 30:43). It stood on the river Belik, an affluent of the Euphrates, about 70 miles above where it joins that river in Upper Mesopotamia or Padan-aram, and about 600 miles northwest of Ur in a direct line. It was on the caravan route between the east and west. It is afterwards mentioned among the towns taken by the king of Assyria (2Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12). It was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name Carrhae.
(3.) The son of Caleb of Judah (1Ch 2:46) by his concubine Ephah.
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And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;
And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.
did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Thelassar?
And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Telassar?
and he said, 'Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,
Fausets
HARAN was Terah's firstborn son, oldest brother of Abram (who is named first in Ge 11:27, because heir of the promises), father of Lot, and Milcah who married her uncle Nahor, and Iscah or Sarai who married her uncle Abram, being "daughter (i.e. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Ge 20:12). That Haran was oldest brother appears from his brothers marrying his daughters, Sarai being only ten years younger than Abram (Ge 17:17). Haran died in Ur, his native place, before his father. In the Hebrew the country Haran begins with 'ch', the man Haran with 'h', as also the Haran the Gershonite Levite under David of Shimei's family (1Ch 23:9). Hara begins with 'h'; Caleb's son by Ephah (1Ch 2:46) begins with 'ch'. Jewish tradition makes Haran to have been cast into Nimrod's furnace for wavering during Abram's fiery trial.
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And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, 'To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'
and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;
And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
Sons of Shimei are Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these are heads of the fathers of Laadan.
Hastings
1. Son of Terah, younger brother of Abram, and father of Lot, Ge 11:26 (Priestly Narrative), also father of Milcah and Iscah, Ge 11:29 (Jahwist). 2. A Gershonite Levite (1Ch 23:9).
HARAN.
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And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife is Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife is Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram is a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan. And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.
And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;
and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,
did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Thelassar?
Sons of Shimei are Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these are heads of the fathers of Laadan.
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur -- Chilmad -- are thy merchants,
and he said, 'Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,
'Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,
Morish
Haran. Ha'ran
1. Son of Terah, and brother of Abraham, and father of Lot. Ge 11:26-31.
2. Son of Shimei a Gershonite. 1Ch 23:9.
3. Son of Caleb and Ephah. 1Ch 2:46. The Hebrew of this differs from Nos. 1 and 2.
Haran, Ha'ran
Ancient city in Mesopotamia to which Terah and his family removed from Ur of the Chaldees, and where Abraham tarried, when on his way to the land of Canaan, until his father's death. Here also the descendants of Nahor, Abraham's brother, established themselves; hence the city was called the 'city of Nahor.' Ge 24:10. The name occurs in Ge 11:31-32; 28:10; 29:4; Isa 37:12; Eze 27:23, etc. It appears in its Greek form as CHARRAN in Ac 7:2,4. Its district is situated between the river Khabour and the Euphrates. There is still a town in the district called Harran, about 36 50' N, 39 E. The name signifies 'road' in Accadian. It was probably so called because the caravan routes of Syria, Assyria, and Babylonia crossed there. It was the seat of a bishopric in the fourth century, and there are still ruins of a cathedral.
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And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; read more. and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife is Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife is Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child. And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;
And Jacob saith to them, 'My brethren, from whence are ye?' and they say, 'We are from Haran.'
And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
Sons of Shimei are Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these are heads of the fathers of Laadan.
Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who are in Telassar?
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, merchants of Sheba, Asshur -- Chilmad -- are thy merchants,
and he said, 'Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,
'Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,
Smith
Ha'ran
(a mountaineer).
1. The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram.
(B.C. 1926.) Three children are ascribed to him --Lot, vs.
and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver.
and Iscah. ver.
Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there while his father was still living. ver.
2. A Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei.
3. A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah.
4. HARAN or CHARRAN,
See Charran
name of the place whither Abraham migrated with his family from Ur of the Chaldees, and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves. Comp.
with Gene 27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia,
or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch.
the cultivated district at the foot of the hills, a name well applying to the beautiful stretch of country which lies below Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates. Here, about midway in this district, is a small village still called Harran. It was celebrated among the Romans, under the name of Charrae, as the scene of the defeat of Crassus.
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And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; read more. and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife is Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife is Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife is Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife is Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;
And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor;
and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him for a wife.
And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.
and he said, 'Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,
'Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,
Watsons
HARAN, the eldest son of Terah, and brother to Abraham and Nahor. He was the father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah, Ge 11:26, &c. Haran died before his father Terah.
2. HARAN, otherwise called Charran, in Mesopotamia, a city celebrated for having been the place to which Abraham removed first, after he left Ur, Ge 11:31-32, and where Terah was buried. Thither it was likewise that Jacob repaired to Laban, when he fled from Esau, Ge 27:43; 28:10. &c. Haran was situated in the north-western part of Mesopotamia on a river of the same name running into the Euphrates. Mr. Kinneir says, that Haran, which is still so called, or rather Harran, is now peopled by a few families of wandering Arabs, who have been led thither by a plentiful supply of good water from several small streams. It is situated in 36 52' north latitude, and 39 5' east longitude; in a flat and sandy plain. Some think that it was built by Terah, or by Haran, his eldest son.
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And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran,