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In this region, Nahor and his family settled except for his brother Haran, who had died sometime ago back in Ur . The city where they settled, Harran, is the place where Nahor's father would die . Nahor II continued his own travels and settled in the region of Aram Naharaim, where he founded the town of Nahor .
Abraham's brother Nahor settled in the area. Abraham's nephew Bethuel, son of Nahor and Milcah, and father of Laban and Rebecca, lived in Padan-aram. Abraham sent his steward back there to find a wife among his kinfolk for his son, Isaac. The steward found Rebecca. [4] Isaac and Rebecca's son Jacob was sent there to avoid the wrath of his ...
Although the placename can be found in English as Haran, Charan, and Charran, it should not be confused with the personal name Haran, one of Abram's two brothers.The biblical placename is חָרָן (with a ḥet) in Hebrew, pronounced and can mean "parched," but is more likely to mean "road" or "crossroad," cognate to Old Babylonian ḫaranu (MSL 09, 124-137 r ii 54').
Nahor (brother) Haran or Aran ( Hebrew : הָרָן Hārān ) [ 1 ] is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible . [ 2 ] He was a son of Terah , brother of Abraham , and father of son Lot and daughters Milcah and Iscah .
The following is a family tree for the descendants of the line of Noah's son Shem, through Abraham to Jacob and his sons. Dashed lines are marriage connections. Not all individuals in this portion of the Bible are given names. For example, one English translation of the Bible states in Genesis 11:13 that "After the birth of Shelah,
Genesis 11:27–28 names it as the death place of Abraham's brother Haran, and the point of departure of Terah's household, including his son Abraham. In Genesis 12:1 , after Abraham and his father Terah have left Ur Kaśdim for the city of Haran (probably Harran ), and God instructs Abraham to leave his native land (Hebrew moledet ).
Nahor, son of Serug, a person mentioned in the Bible and the father of Terah and paternal grandfather of Abraham; Nahor, son of Terah, a person mentioned in the Bible and the brother of Abraham; Nahor, a town in the region of Aram-Naharaim that was named after the son of Terah; Nahor, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
Aram-Naharaim (Hebrew: אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם ʾĂram Nahărayim) is the biblical term for an ancient land along the great bend of the Euphrates River. [1]It is mentioned five times in the Hebrew Bible [2] or Old Testament.