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Terah’s Descendants

Genesis 11:28

In 11 translations

BSB
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
KJV
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
WEB
Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
ASV
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
LSV
and Haran dies in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
YLT
and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
DBY
And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.
DRC
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
GNV
Then Haran died before Terah his father in the land of his natiuitie, in Vr of the Caldees.
JPS
And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
LXXE
And Arrhan died in the presence of Tharrha his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֣מָת הָרָ֔ן עַל־פְּנֵ֖י תֶּ֣רַח אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹ בְּא֥וּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ἀῤῥὰν ἐνώπιον Θάῤῥα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ ἐγενήθη, ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν Χαλδαίων.

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  • 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.
  • 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…
  • Acts 7:2–4And 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, and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred…

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