Haran
Haran (brother of Abraham)
Mentioned 2055–1925 BC traditional (Jones)
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 (Gen. 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 21st generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Patriarchs, 1996–1707 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Abraham, Terah, Nahor, Lot, Sarah, Canaan, Iscah, and Milcah.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Haran, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2087–1893 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
5 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Haran 21 |
| KJV | Haran 19 |
| ASV | Haran 21 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
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Genesis5 verses
- 11:26
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- 11:27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- 11:28
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
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 (Gen. 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees.