Skip to content
EntityQ1199156· pop 30· linked from 45 articles

Haran ( Hārān) is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. 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.

Key facts

Person.name
Haran
Person.image
Facial Chronicle - b.01, p.079 - Abraham sets fire to the temple; Haran's death.jpg
Person.caption
Death of Haran
Person.birth_place
Ur of the Chaldees
Person.death_place
Paddan Aram/Harran
Person.other_names
Aran
Person.parents
Terah (father)
Person.children
Lot (son), Milcah (daughter), Iscah (daughter)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Gender
male
Place of birth
Ur Kaśdim
Place of death
Ur Kaśdim
Child
Iscah
Father
Terah
Sibling
Nahor
Image
Facial Chronicle - b.01, p.079 - Abraham sets fire to the temple; Haran's death.jpg
Show 2 more facts
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Haran and his family
  • Etymology
  • Others called Haran
  • References

Haran ( Hārān) is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. 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.

==Haran and his family== Terah, a descendant of Shem son of Noah, was the father of Abram/Abraham, Nahor, and Haran. Their home's location is not certain, but it is usually supposed to have been in Mesopotamia. Besides Lot and Milcah, Haran fathered a daughter Iscah.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haran” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.