28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
28 Haran died before his father, Terah, in the country of his family, Ur of the Chaldees.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
28 But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 11:28
Commentary on Genesis 11:27-32
(Read Genesis 11:27-32)
Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot, who died before his father. Children cannot be sure that they shall outlive their parents. Haran died in Ur, before the happy removal of the family out of that idolatrous country. It concerns us to hasten out of our natural state, lest death surprise us in it. We here read of Abram's departure out of Ur of the Chaldees, with his father Terah, his nephew Lot, and the rest of his family, in obedience to the call of God. This chapter leaves them about mid-way between Ur and Canaan, where they dwelt till Terah's death. Many reach to Charran, and yet fall short of Canaan; they are not far from the kingdom of God, and yet never come thither.