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Genesis 11:28
Genesis 11:28 is verse 28 of Genesis chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
King James Version
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
World English Bible
Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
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Genesis 11:26–30 · Berean Standard Bible
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 15:7The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Nehemiah 9:7You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
Acts 7:2And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Acts 7:3and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
Acts 7:4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.