the eldest son of Terah, and brother to Abraham and Nahor. He was
the father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah, Gen. xi, 26, &c. Haran died before
his father Terah.
2. HARAN, otherwise called Charran, in Mesopotamia, a city celebrated
for having been the place to which Abraham removed first, after he left
Ur, Gen. xi, 31, 32, and where Terah was buried. Thither it was likewise
that Jacob repaired to Laban, when he fled from Esau, Gen. xxvii, 43;
xxviii, 10, &c. Haran was situated in the north-western part of
Mesopotamia on a river of the same name running into the Euphrates. Mr.
Kinneir says, that Haran, which is still so called, or rather Harran, is
now peopled by a few families of wandering Arabs, who have been led
thither by a plentiful supply of good water from several small streams.
It is situated in 36° 52´ north latitude, and 39° 5´ east longitude; in
a flat and sandy plain. Some think that it was built by Terah, or by
Haran, his eldest son.
the father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah, Gen. xi, 26, &c. Haran died before
his father Terah.
2. HARAN, otherwise called Charran, in Mesopotamia, a city celebrated
for having been the place to which Abraham removed first, after he left
Ur, Gen. xi, 31, 32, and where Terah was buried. Thither it was likewise
that Jacob repaired to Laban, when he fled from Esau, Gen. xxvii, 43;
xxviii, 10, &c. Haran was situated in the north-western part of
Mesopotamia on a river of the same name running into the Euphrates. Mr.
Kinneir says, that Haran, which is still so called, or rather Harran, is
now peopled by a few families of wandering Arabs, who have been led
thither by a plentiful supply of good water from several small streams.
It is situated in 36° 52´ north latitude, and 39° 5´ east longitude; in
a flat and sandy plain. Some think that it was built by Terah, or by
Haran, his eldest son.