It couldn't have been an easy move to make. Haran Haran was one of Abram's (Abraham's) brothers. Show Haran on the map. He came to a well near Haran. Smyrna was the second city to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation. Canaan was a populated area at the time, inhabited by the war-like Canaanites; so, Abraham's belief that God would ultimately give this land to him and his descendants was an act of faith. Terah, after living in Haran for five years, dies at the age of 205. Acts 19:10 suggests that the church there was founded during Paul’s third missionary journey.Due to the fact that the port city of Izmir houses the second largest population in Turkey today, the site of ancient Smyrna has been little excavated. Several shepherds were at the well, waiting to water their sheep. Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country: Though Jacob was in Haran with Laban and his daughters for more than 14 years, he knew that he belonged in the land promised to him by God, through the covenant made with his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac. When Abraham was called by God to leave Haran, he obediently did so. 28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. 2 Y aconteció que cuando salieron de oriente, hallaron una llanura en la tierra de Sinar, y se establecieron allí. Genesis 28 English Standard Version (ESV) Jacob Sent to Laban. After his death in Ur, his father Terah takes his family (Abram, Sarai, Lot, etc.) 128 S. Schultz, “Abraham,” The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975, 1976), I, p. 26. Abraham, with Terah (Abraham's father), Sarah (Abraham's wife) and Lot (Abraham's nephew), then departed for Canaan, but settled at first in a place named Haran, until Terah died. 11 Tenía entonces toda la tierra una sola lengua y unas mismas palabras. to the land of Canaan where they name a city after him (Genesis 11:26 - 32). Abram was 75 years old when God told him to pack up everything he owned and leave his home - and if you look at a map, Canaan is a long way away from Haran! They packed up everything they owned in the land of Haran and moved to the land of Canaan - that was the land that God was going to lead him to. Génesis 11 Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR1960) La torre de Babel. Abraham moved south along the trade routes from Haran, through Shechem and Bethel, to the land of Canaan. Soon after this event God tells Abram (Genesis 12:1 - 2), who is now 75 years old, to leave Haran and take his family to the land of Canaan (the land of promise). Finally he arrived in the area of Paddan Aram. Note to Teacher: This might have been the very well at which Abraham’s servant met Rebekah (Genesis 24:11). 129 Cyrus Gordon has suggested that the true Ur of Genesis 11:31 is to be found in northern Mesopotamia, probably northeast of Haran. He then makes a startling promise to Abram. Sepphoris (The Bible and Interpretation) Excellent article by James F. Strange that synthesizes the historical and archaeological data relating to Sepphoris. When Abraham arrived in the land of Canaan there was a severe famine, so Abraham and his household, journeyed down to Egypt, before coming back and settling in Canaan. Haran is also the place where Jacob works for Laban in order to … 3 Y se dijeron unos a otros: Vamos, hagamos ladrillo y cozámoslo con fuego. Paints a picture of Sepphoris …