Ur of the Chaldees
갈대아 우르 אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים
A city of southern Mesopotamia on the Euphrates. The cited passage records it as the place Terah's family left for Canaan, not as a stated birthplace.
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- GEN 11:31, engwebp
31Terah 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.
- GEN 15:7–11, engwebp
7He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
10He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
11The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- NEH 9:5–8, engwebp
5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
6You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
7You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
8found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words, for you are righteous.
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-20
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Geographic sources & candidates
Compared the UNESCO Ur component reference point with the legacy pin (about 62 m apart). Adopted a sourced approximation, not verification of Abraham’s Ur or an event location.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-20
- Ur Archaeological City (component 1481-006)
sourced site reference point; biblical identification unverified
30.963056, 46.103056, N30 57 47 E46 6 11
UNESCO — Ahwar component geographic data
Legacy coordinate (audit record): 30.9625, 46.1031
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Abraham — Departed from — Ur of the Chaldees
Evidence: Genesis 11:31
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Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
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.
He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Ur of the Chaldees (place-ur) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/ur Current wording: A city of southern Mesopotamia on the Euphrates. The cited passage records it as the place Terah's family left for Canaan, not as a stated birthplace. Cited evidence: GEN 11:31, engwebp / GEN 15:7–11, engwebp / NEH 9:5–8, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.