KJV King James Version
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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Genesis 11:28
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
WEB World English Bible
Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
ASV American Standard Version
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Surrounding context — Genesis 11
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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 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.
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Genesis 15:7And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.Genesis 11:31And 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.Nehemiah 9:7Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;Acts 7:2-4And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
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