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The region of Haran is referred to variously as Paddan Aram and Aram-Naharaim. In Genesis 28:10–19, Abraham's grandson Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. Along the way he had his dream of Jacob's Ladder. In 2 Kings (19:12) and Isaiah (37:12) Haran reappears in the late 8th to early 7th century BC context of the Neo-Assyrian Empire's
The name Harran is recorded for the city from the earliest documents mentioning it and has remained in continuous use and largely unchanged since ancient times. [8] Harran is mentioned in early cuneiform records of the Sumerians and Hittites as 饞尫饞姰饞啘 (URU.ŠÀ.KASKAL), sometimes shortened to 饞啘 (KASKAL), [9] transliterated as 岣猘rr膩nu(m).
Paddan Aram or Padan-aram (Hebrew: 驻址讚址旨谉 讗植专指诐, romanized: Paddan 示膫r膩m) was a biblical region referring to the northern plain of Aram-Naharaim. [1] Paddan Aram in Aramaic means the field of Aram, [2] a name that distinguishes the flatland from the mountainous regions to the north and east. [3]
Aram-Naharaim (Hebrew: 讗植专址诐 谞址讛植专址讬执诐 示膫ram Nah膬rayim) 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.
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 Ka艣dim for the city of Haran (probably Harran), and God instructs Abraham to leave his native land (Hebrew moledet).
"A Lost Map of Columbus": by Paul Kahle (1933), JSTOR 209247. English translations and map using a different numbering system. Key to the Piri Reis Map: Numbered English translations by Afet 陌nan and Leman Yolaç (1954) and a map with the numbering errors printed in Hapgood's Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings (1966), via sacred-texts.com.
The Via Maris (purple), King's Highway (red), and other ancient Levantine trade routes, c. 1300 BCE Jezreel Valley with modern road following the route of Via Maris in foreground Via Maris , or Way of Horus ( Middle Egyptian : 岣湥t 岣 , lit.
Haran or Aran (Hebrew: 讛指专指谉 H膩r膩n) [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.