Places
Ur
Ur of the Chaldaeans is the native land from which Abram's family departed, recalled in Yahweh's covenant speech.
Category
Places
First mention
Genesis 11:28
Tags
2
Genesis 11, 15Migration
Scripture references
- Genesis 11:28
Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in his native land, Ur of the Chaldaeans.
- Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram ... and made them leave Ur of the Chaldaeans to go to the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 15:7
I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldaeans to give you this country as your possession.