Genesis 11:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Took

Genesis 11:26

Genesis 12:1

They went

Ur

Joshua 24:2

Nehemiah 9:7

Acts 7:2

General references

Genesis 28:10

Bible References

Took

Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Now the Lord said to Abram,
“Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;

They went

Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Now the Lord said to Abram,
“Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;

Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Ur

“You are the Lord God,

Who chose Abram

And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees,
And gave him the name Abraham.

And he said, “Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

General references

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.