![]() They dwelt here until after the death of his father Terah, and in Haran the Lord called Abraham again (Gen. ![]() Haran in Mesopotamia was the first stopping place recorded inn the Bible. He obeyed and departed from Ur with his father Terah and his nephew Lot. Sometime around 1900 BC the Lord told Abraham to leave his home and country and go to a land that He would show him. It was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and Ur was the capital of the ancient Chaldean Empire in ancient Mesopotamia. Ur of the Chaldees was the original home of Abraham. Each of these places are important in the history of Israel and there is evidence of their existence in ancient times through archaeology. On his journey to Canaan there were seventeen places that Abraham visited recorded in the Old Testament. The Journey (Abraham Visits 17 Locations) The land of Canaan would be the inheritance of Abraham's descendants but Abraham would only be a pilgrim there. The Lord also spoke a promise that anyone who blessed Abraham and his descendants would be blessed and anyone who cursed Abraham and his descendants would be cursed. Later God appeared to Abram and promised him that if he would leave his country and journey to a land that he has never seen, God would make of his descendants a great nation and through them the Savior of the world would come, through his "seed." Later God changed his name to Abraham which means "father of a many nations" and he obeyed God and journeyed to the land of Canaan. The Bible shifts its focus in Genesis 12 from the history of the entire human race to a man named Abram, the first Hebrew, and he lived in Ur of the Chaldees. ( Enlarge) ( PDF for Print) - Map of Abraham's Journey with Trade Routes (Freely Distributed for Personal or Church use) Map of Abram's Journey from Ur to Haran to Egypt ![]()
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