Genesis 11:28
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 11:28 in other translations
| BSB | During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. |
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| WEB | Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive. |
| ASV | And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| YLT | and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
| DARBY | And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans. |
| BBE | And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees. |
| Webster | And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. |
What does Genesis 11:28 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 11:27-32
Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot…
Genesis 11:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 11:28
- Genesis 15:7
And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
- Genesis 11:31
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.
- Acts 7:2-4
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
- Nehemiah 9:7
Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
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Context
- Genesis 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
- Genesis 11:28
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 11:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y murió Harán antes que su padre Thare en la tierra de su naturaleza, en Ur de los Caldeos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Haran mourut en la présence de Térakh, son père, au pays de sa naissance, à Ur des Chaldéens. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Haran starb vor dem Angesicht seines Vaters Tarah, in dem Lande seiner Geburt, zu Ur in Chaldäa. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mortuusque est Aran ante Thare patrem suum, in terra nativitatis suæ, in Ur Chaldæorum. |