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Genesis 11:28

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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וַיָּ֣מָתvayamatand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…הָרָ֔ןharanHaranהָרָןnoun, proper name — “Haran”H2039Haran, the name of two menHaran.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פְּנֵ֖יpenea- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…תֶּ֣רַחterachTarahתֶּרַחnoun, proper name — “Tarah”H8646Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the DesertTarah, Terah.אָבִ֑יוavivfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מוֹלַדְתּ֖וֹmoladtvonativeמוֹלֶדֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “native”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4138nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, familybegotten, born, issue, kindred, native(-ity).בְּא֥וּרbeurin Urאוּרpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Ur”H218Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an IsraeliteUr.כַּשְׂדִּֽיםkasdimChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיnoun, proper name — “Chaldeans”H3778a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that peopleChaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

World English Bible

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.

Darby Translation

And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Arrhan died in the presence of Tharrha his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ἀῤῥὰν ἐνώπιον Θάῤῥα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ ἐγενήθη, ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν Χαλδαίων.