Terah's family leaves Ur
Genesis 11:31; Acts 7:2–4; Nehemiah 9:7
Terah took Abram, Sarai, and Lot and set out from Ur toward Canaan, but settled in Haran.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
Genesis 11:31 (World English Bible)
Stephen says God first appeared to Abram while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran (Acts 7:2). The family traveled northwest along the Euphrates to Haran, about 600 miles, and stayed there until Terah died.
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Dating notes
Scripture gives no year. It must come before Terah's death and Abram's departure in 1921 BC; the date shown is a display estimate, not Ussher's.