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Place

Haran

patriarchal settlement

City associated with Terah, Abraham, Jacob, and Rebekah's family.

19 appearances7 Bible books2 known aliases

Who or what is this?

City in northern where settles with his family on the way from to , and where he dies. Abram leaves Haran at the Lord's call to go to the land that will be shown him, and the household of his brother Nahor remains there. flees to Haran to escape and serves twenty years before returning, and recalls Haran in Acts as the place from which God first led .

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Modern location: Harran. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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All appearances19