This document is about Haran (place name). For other homonyms, please refer to the Haran document.
A city located in the northern region of Israel. It is currently part of Turkey.
Abraham, along with his father Terah, left the region of Ur and stayed in Haran until his father Terah died.
Since Terah's family was here, it is believed that Abraham's brother Nahor also stayed in this region.
Abraham sent a servant to Nahor's city to find a wife for his son Isaac and brought Rebekah back, and that place is presumed to be the Haran region.
Gen 24:10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking with him all sorts of choice gifts from his master. He set out for Mesopotamia and went to the city of Nahor.
This is because later, when Jacob fled from his brother Esau to Rebekah's hometown, that region is stated to be Haran.
Gen 27:42When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to kill you to satisfy his anger.Gen 27:43Now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to Haran, to my brother Laban.
Because of its location under the influence of Assyria, it was quickly conquered by Assyria.
2 Kings 19:11You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, utterly destroying them. Will you then be delivered?2 Kings 19:12Did the gods of the nations deliver them—the nations my ancestors destroyed: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?