Genesis 11:31

Overview - Genesis 11
One language in the world.
The building of Babel.
It is interrupted by the confusion of tongues, and the builders dispersed.
10 The generations of Shem.
27 The generations of Terah, the father of Abram.
31 Terah, with Abram and Lot, remove from Ur to Haran.
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Genesis 11:31  (King James Version)
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
 


A
M. 2078. B.C. 1926. took.
Genesis 11:26 Genesis 11:27 ; 12:1

they went
28 ; 12:1 Joshua 24:2 Joshua 24:3 ; Hebrews 11:8

Ur
Ur was probably the place called Ouri, in Mesopotamia, two days' journey from Nisibis, in the way to the river Tigris.
Joshua 24:2 ; Nehemiah 9:7 ; Acts 7:2-4

the land
10:19 24:10

B
C. cir. 1923. A.M. cir. 2081. Haran.
32 ; 12:4 Genesis 24:10 Genesis 24:15 27:43 Genesis 29:4 Genesis 29:5 Acts 7:2-4

Charran