Acts 19:10 suggests that the church there was founded during Paul’s third missionary journey.Due to the fact that the port city of Izmir houses the second largest population in Turkey today, the site of ancient Smyrna has been little excavated. to the land of Canaan where they name a city after him (Genesis 11:26 - 32). Haran is also the place where Jacob works for Laban in order to … 2 Y aconteció que cuando salieron de oriente, hallaron una llanura en la tierra de Sinar, y se establecieron allí. Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country: Though Jacob was in Haran with Laban and his daughters for more than 14 years, he knew that he belonged in the land promised to him by God, through the covenant made with his grandfather Abraham and his father Isaac. Smyrna was the second city to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation. They packed up everything they owned in the land of Haran and moved to the land of Canaan - that was the land that God was going to lead him to. 129 Cyrus Gordon has suggested that the true Ur of Genesis 11:31 is to be found in northern Mesopotamia, probably northeast of Haran. He came to a well near Haran. 11 Tenía entonces toda la tierra una sola lengua y unas mismas palabras. Note to Teacher: This might have been the very well at which Abraham’s servant met Rebekah (Genesis 24:11). Paints a picture of Sepphoris … Abram was 75 years old when God told him to pack up everything he owned and leave his home - and if you look at a map, Canaan is a long way away from Haran! Terah, after living in Haran for five years, dies at the age of 205. Several shepherds were at the well, waiting to water their sheep. When Abraham was called by God to leave Haran, he obediently did so. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. 3 Y se dijeron unos a otros: Vamos, hagamos ladrillo y cozámoslo con fuego. Sepphoris (The Bible and Interpretation) Excellent article by James F. Strange that synthesizes the historical and archaeological data relating to Sepphoris. Abraham moved south along the trade routes from Haran, through Shechem and Bethel, to the land of Canaan. He then makes a startling promise to Abram. It couldn't have been an easy move to make. Génesis 11 Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR1960) La torre de Babel. Finally he arrived in the area of Paddan Aram. 28 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. Show Haran on the map. Genesis 28 English Standard Version (ESV) Jacob Sent to Laban. When Abraham arrived in the land of Canaan there was a severe famine, so Abraham and his household, journeyed down to Egypt, before coming back and settling in Canaan. After his death in Ur, his father Terah takes his family (Abram, Sarai, Lot, etc.) 128 S. Schultz, “Abraham,” The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975, 1976), I, p. 26. Canaan was a populated area at the time, inhabited by the war-like Canaanites; so, Abraham's belief that God would ultimately give this land to him and his descendants was an act of faith. Abraham, with Terah (Abraham's father), Sarah (Abraham's wife) and Lot (Abraham's nephew), then departed for Canaan, but settled at first in a place named Haran, until Terah died. Haran Haran was one of Abram's (Abraham's) brothers. Soon after this event God tells Abram (Genesis 12:1 - 2), who is now 75 years old, to leave Haran and take his family to the land of Canaan (the land of promise).