Thematic Bible: Abraham's native place


Thematic Bible



You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;

And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.

And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.


These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain