Haran

  • Haran (Hebrew: הרן ) is a character of the Genèse. He is the son of Terah and the brother of Abram and Nahor (wire of Terah) ( not to be confused with Nahor, father of Térah ) He would have been born in 2056 av. J.C Loth, Milca and Jisca is his/her children.

  • Haran (slightly different Hebraic orthography: חרן , often transcribed Charan ) is a biblical place, where Abraham would have remained at the time of its great tour since Ur towards the Promised land. According to the Genesis, Abram (then called Abraham) lived in Haran during nearly 5 years before continuing towards Canaan. The town of Harran in the south of current the Turkey close to the border with the Syria could correspond to it well, but one discusses to know if it would not be closer to Ur.

References

  • For the character:
    • Genesis 11.27: Here the family of Terah: Terah generated Abram, Nahor and Harân. Harân generated Loth .
    • Genesis 11.28: Harân died before his/her Terah father in the country of its family, in Our of Chaldéens .
  • For the toponym:
    • Genesis 11,31: and they left Ur of Chaldéens together to go to the country of Canaan; and they came until Charan, and lived there.

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