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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.
According to the Hebrew Bible, Haran was the place where Terah settled with his son Abraham (at that time called Abram), his grandson Lot, and his daughter Sarah (at that time known as Sarai) during their planned journey from Ur Kaśdim (Ur of the Chaldees) to the Land of Canaan. [7]
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 .
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).
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).
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]
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]
Nahor (Hebrew: נָחוֹר – Nāḥōr; Greek: Ναχώρ – Nakhṓr) is the son of Serug according to the Hebrew Bible in Genesis Chapter 11. [1] He is said to have lived to the age of 148 years old [2] [3] or 208 according to the Greek Septuagint (LXII) and had a son, Terah, at the age of 29 (79 in the LXX Vat and LXX Brenton) .