King James Version
Genesis 11:28 in the King James Version says “And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.”
Genesis 11:28 · KJV
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“of his nativity”
H4138nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
“of the Chaldees”
H3778a kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
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