Haran

For other uses, see Haran (disambiguation).
Haran
Born
Ur of the Chaldees
Died
Paddan Aram, or Haran
(present-day Harran, Turkey)
Other namesAran
ChildrenLot (son), Milcah (daughter), Iscah (daughter)
ParentTerah (father)
Relatives

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.

  1. ^ Freedman, Meyers & Beck. Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible ISBN 978-0-8028-2400-4, 2000, p.551
  2. ^ Genesis 11:27–32