Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Haran?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Harran.

First appears in Genesis 11:31 · 5 books · 9 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Harran.

Haran is represented in the local geography layer as Harran. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 11:31 and is mentioned across 5 books, with 12 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 448 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 557 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 567 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 575 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Haran today

Travel to Haran, the modern-day Harran.

Haran is commonly identified with Harran, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Haran is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Harran

36.864°N · 39.033°E

Key passages

Appears in

Genesis

5 chapters · 7 verse mentions

Acts

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

2 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Ezekiel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention