Genesis 11:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.”
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“During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 11:28 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:31And 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.
- Genesis 15:7The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
- Nehemiah 9:7You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
- Acts 7:2And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
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