Genesis 11:28
in Genesis 11During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
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ASV
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
KJV
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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This verse in Genesis 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Chapter 11, Verse 28) And Haran died before his father in the land of his birth, in the region of the Chaldeans. As we read, in the region of the Chaldeans, in Hebrew it is written, in Ur of the Chaldeans, that is, in the fire of the Chaldeans. However, the Hebrews relate a legend from this occasion: that Abraham was thrown into the fire because he refused to worship the fire that the Chaldeans worship, and with God's help, he was freed and escaped from the fire of idolatry.
This site's exposition
This is the account of Terah
on Genesis 11:27-28
Lot is introduced here as Haran's orphaned son. Haran is the first man in this list said to die, and he died in his father Terah's lifetime, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Jerome passes on a Hebrew tradition that read Ur as fire and told of Abraham delivered out of it.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Moreover, Aran begot Lot, and Aran died before his father Thare in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. What is said before Thare may designate both presence and time; time, evidently, because he died before his father; presence, indeed, because he …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It is likewise said that he died in Ur of the Chaldees, before the happy removal of the family out of that idolatrous country. Note, It concerns us to hasten out of our natural state, lest death surprise us in it. His wife was Sarai, who some think, was the same with Iscah, the daughter of Haran.
And Haran died before his father Terah,....
It is likewise said that he died in Ur of the Chaldees, before the happy removal of the family out of that idolatrous country. Note, It concerns us to hasten out of our natural state, lest death surprise us in it. His wife was Sarai, who some think, was the same with Iscah, the daughter of Haran.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Ur--now Orfa; that is, "light," or "fire." Its name probably derived from its being devoted to the rites of fire-worship. Terah and his family were equally infected with that idolatry as the rest of the inhabitants (Jos 24:15).
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Ur--now Orfa; that is, "light," or "fire." Its name probably derived from its being devoted to the rites of fire-worship. Terah and his family were equally infected with that idolatry as the rest of the inhabitants (Jos 24:15).
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֣מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| הָרָ֔ן | haran | Haran | H2039 → | 7 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֖י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| תֶּ֣רַח | terach | Terah | H8646 → | 13 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹ | moladto | kindred his | H4138 → | 22 times |
| בְּא֥וּר | beur | in Ur | H218 → | 5 times |
| כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃ | kasdim | of [the] Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
וַיָּ֣מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
הָרָ֔ןHaran
haranH2039 →7 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֖י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
תֶּ֣רַחTerah
terachH8646 →13 times
אָבִ֑יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹkindred his
moladtoH4138 →22 times
בְּא֥וּרin Ur
beurH218 →5 times
כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃of [the] Chaldeans
kasdimH3778 →80 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.…
it leads to
- Acts 7:2–4
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,
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 15:7
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 9:7
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
- Joshua 24:2–3
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and…
- Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
- Acts 7:2–4
Through
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.
it leads to
- Genesis 11:31
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.…
- Genesis 17:5
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Genesis 11:31
Through
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.”
it leads to
- Genesis 12:1
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
- Genesis 12:1
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.