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28 Haran then died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.[a] 29 Abram and Nahor both married. The wife of Abram was Sarai, and the wife of Nahor was Milcah who was a daughter of Haran (the father of Milcah and Iscah). 30 Sarai was barren and did not have any children.

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  1. Genesis 11:28 Ur of the Chaldeans: Ur was an ancient city of the Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia as well as a populous and prosperous one. In this case, the phrase is an anachronism, because the Chaldeans were not known to history until some thousand years after Abraham.

28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans,(A) in the land of his birth. 29 Abram and Nahor(B) both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai,(C) and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah;(D) she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. 30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.(E)

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