Enciclopedia Cattolica

ARAN (COSÌ LA VOLGATA; SETTANTA 'APPÁV; EBR. HÀRÂN 'MONTANARO')

Haran (as in Vulgate; Septuagint 'Appav; Hebrew Hārān 'mountaineer')

Volume I · p. 1048 · 1948

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

ARAN (so the Vulgate; LXX 'Appáv; Heb. Hàrân 'mountaineer'). — Son of Thare and brother of Abraham and Nachor. Gen. 11:26-29 places him third, reflecting his lesser importance in the history of the Hebrew people compared with the other two. He was the father of Lot. He died before his father Thare, while still living at Ur, leaving his son an orphan; the son went with Abraham to Palestine, and two daughters: Melcha, who married Nachor, and Jescha, who is believed to be the same as Sara, wife of Abraham (Gen. 20:12). Giuseppe Priero