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Haran is a son of Terah , younger brother of Abram and Nahor , and father of Milcah , Lot and Iscah (or Yiskah ). Haran dies before Terah in Chaldea . v t e1
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In the Bible , Haran is the name of three men and of a place.Though usually spelled identically in English , the name is spelled differently in Hebrew when applied to the men than it is when applied to the place.Genesis records that a man named Haran (Hebrew: הָרָן ) was born and died in Ur of the Chaldees .He was a son of Terah and brother of Nahor and Abram (later Abraham).Haran was the father of Lot , Milcah , and Iscah .According to Genesis, sometime after Haran's death Terah set out with Abram, Abram's wife Sarai , and Lot towards Canaan , along the way settling in the place called Haran (also spelled Harran, Charan, and Charran; Hebrew: חָרָן ).After the death of Terah in Haran (also related in Acts 7:4), Abram, Sarai and Lot continued on to (southern) Canaan, current-day Israel .The city of Harran , in modern southern Turkey (32 km/20 mi southeast of Şanlıurfa , formerly Edessa ) near the border with Syria , is probably the Haran of the Biblical accounts.Another Haran is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:46 .He is a son of Caleb (great-grandson of Judah son of Jacob) and father of Gazez.A third individual, Haran son of Shimei, was a Levite who lived in King David's time and had some kind of important religious or political role.
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Haran or Aran ( Hebrew : הָרָן, Modern: Hārān ) is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible .He died in Ur of the Chaldees ( Ur Kaśdim ), was a son of Terah , and brother of Abraham .Through his son Lot , Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites , and through his daughter Milcah he was ancestral to the Aramaeans .
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Haran or Aran ( – Hārān ) is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible . He died in Ur of Chaldees ( Ur Kaśdim ), was a son of Terah , and brother of Abraham . Through his son Lot , Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites , and through his daughter Milcah he was ancestral to the Aramaeans .
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Biblical character For other uses, see Haran (disambiguation) . Haran or Aran ( Hārān ) is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible . He died in Ur of the Chaldees , was a son of Terah , and brother of Abraham . Through his son Lot , Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites .
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Biblical character For other uses, see Haran (disambiguation) . Haran or Aran ( Hebrew : הָרָן Hārān ) is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible .He was a son of Terah , brother of Abraham , and father of son Lot and daughters Milcah and Iscah . He died in Ur of the Chaldees . Through Lot, Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites .
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