Chapter 11
Genesis 11:28
RBT Hebrew Literal:
RBT Paraphrase:
תרח Terach - Place of wandering delay in the desert
And Mountaineer is dying against the faces of Delay, the father of himself, within the Earth of his fatherland, in Flame of the Magicians ("Ur of Chaldeans").Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Haran will die at the face of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
And Haran will die at the face of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
LITV Translation:
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
ESV Translation:
Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Haran died in the presence of Terah his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees.
And Haran died in the presence of Terah his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees.
Footnotes
| 448 | dying upon the faces. Compare with Ishmael dying and falling upon the faces of his brothers, Genesis 25:18. |
| 449 | Strong’s #4138, moledeth. Birth place. From the root yalad (#3205) to bear, bring forth. This is different from toldot (Gen 5:1), which is also a derivative of yalad but means births, offspring, descendents. |
| 450 | Flame of Chaldeans. Ur is from Strong’s #217 ur, a flame, fire. This itself stems from #215 or, meaning light. Chaldees (or Chaldeans) are part of Babylonia. They are used of Yahweh in judgement in the Prophets. |