Genesis 11:28
Good News Translation
and Haran died in his hometown of Ur in Babylonia, while his father was still living.

New Revised Standard Version
Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

New American Bible
Haran died before Terah his father, in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.

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And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.

Ur.

Genesis 15:7 And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.

Nehemiah 9:7 Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.

Acts 7:2-4 Who said: Ye men, brethren and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan. . . .

Context
Terah's Descendants
27And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot. 28And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.29And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha and father of Jescha.…
Cross References
Genesis 11:31
And Thare took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 15:7
And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.

Nehemiah 9:7
Thou O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.

Job 1:17
And while he also was yet speaking, there came another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the camels, and taken them; moreover, they have slain the servants with the sword: and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

Genesis 11:27
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