Haran

Haran is a settlement named in 12 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Harran (high confidence).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Journeys

• Abraham's journey

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 11:31
  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.And 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 11:32
  And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
• Genesis 12:4
  So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
• Genesis 12:5
  And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
• Genesis 27:43
  Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
• Genesis 28:10
  And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
• Genesis 29:4
  And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 19:12
  Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

Isaiah

• Isaiah 37:12
  Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 27:23
  Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.

Acts

• Acts 7:2
  And 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,And 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,
• Acts 7:4
  Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.