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Genesis 11:29

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Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.
The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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Babel in Shinar (southern Mesopotamia) frames the chapter’s dispersion, while Ur of the

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Genesis 11:29 mentions Babel, Canaan, Chaldea, Haran, Shinar and Ur.

Canaan · Bahnfrend
Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.
Haran · Zhengan
Shinar · Radomir Vrbovsky

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