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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. He died in Ur of the Chaldees. Through Lot, Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites.
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').
In the account of Terah's family mentioned in the Book of Genesis (Genesis 11:26–32), Nahor II (Hebrew: נָחוֹר – Nāḥōr) is listed as the son of Terah, amongst two other brothers, Abram and Haran . His grandfather was Nahor I, son of Serug. Nahor married the daughter of his brother Haran, Milcah, his niece .
Abraham's brother Haran sees what happened and says that he believes in the God of Abraham. Haran is thrown into the fire, and is not saved by God. Hence the verse in Genesis 11:28, “And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.” [6]
Terah is mentioned in Genesis 11:26–32 as a son of Nahor, the son of Serug, descendants of Shem. [6] He is said to have had three sons: Abram (better known by his later name Abraham), Haran , and Nahor II , and one daughter: Sarai (better known by her later name Sarah).
Milcah's son Bethuel moves to Padan-aram (also called Aram-Naharaim) and fathers Rebekah. [9] Milcah's granddaughter Rebekah eventually marries Milcah's cousin Isaac [10] and gave birth to Jacob [11] who became Israel. [12] There is a midrash that Milcah was the forebear of all prophets in the non-Jewish world. [13]
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Another is a 'Temanite', Husham (Genesis 36:34), a descendant of Esau's son, Teman (Genesis 36:10,11). None of these kings' sons became kings after their fathers died. Apparently, there was no familial royal line whereby sons of these post-Horite kings succeeded to the throne, but rather, some other system was in place by which kings were ...