Genesis 11:31

Terah left Ur, in the Kaldea country with his son Abram, Sarai, and his grandson Lot. They wanted to go to the country called Canaan, but stopped at a town called Harran and stayed there.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30But Sarai could not have a baby.

32Terah died in Harran when he was 205 years old.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26Terah had 3 sons after he was 70 years old. Their names were Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Genesis 12:4Abram was 75 years old when he left Harran to go to the country of Canaan. This was the country the Lord told him to go to. Abram took his wife Sarai, and his nephew Lot. Before Abram left Harran he picked some men and women to work for him. Abram took all his workers and everything he had with him to Canaan.

Genesis 14:12Lot and his family were living in Sodom at that time, and so the soldiers grabbed them too and took all their things.

Genesis 24:10Then the worker took 10 camels to carry all the presents for Abraham's relations. The worker travelled east and a little bit north towards the place where Abraham's brother Nahor lived. Nahor's town was in a country called Meso-pot-aim-ia. This is between the 2 great rivers called the Tigris and You-Fray-tees.

Genesis 27:43And so you have to run away to Harran where my brother Laban lives. Go straight away! Stay with my countrymen until Esau stops being angry.

Genesis 29:4Jacob walked up to the shepherds and said, “Hello my brothers, where are you from?” And they answered, “We are from Harran.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:28-32

The Generations of Terah. ( b. c. 1921.) 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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