After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Abram’s Family

This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.

They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.”

When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.”

and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Sukkoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee).

Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.

son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,

Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge Harashim. It was called this because its people were skilled workers.

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,

Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.

in Lod and Ono, and in Ge Harashim.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within.