Where did Abraham leave to move his people to the promised land?

Answer 1

The Bible portrays Abram as living around 1800 BCE, long before the time of the Chaldeans. The Bible says that Abram was born in the city, Ur of the Chaldeans and later left with his father Terah to travel to Haran.

However, the Chaldeans were an Arabian tribe that only left the Arabian peninsula and settled to the south of Babylon during the eighth century BCE. A century after their arrival, they captured Babylon from their Assyrian overlords and initiated the neo-Babylonian empire. The story of Abraham only mentions the Chaldeans because it was written down after the Chaldeans became a dominant force in the ancient Near East.

Answer 2

Abraham (18th century BCE) was born in Ur (Mesopotamia; now Iraq), where he first repudiated idolatry. He then accompanied his father to Harran (Syria) for several years, and then lived most of his life in Canaan (Israel). It was in Canaan that Abraham made a covenant with God (Genesis ch.15), and raised a family to be the center of carrying on his traditions (Genesis 18:19).
See also:Abraham's biography

Was Abraham a real person?

Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible

Answer 3

Genesis 11:31 reports that Abraham's father, Terah took Abraham, and his grandson Lot the son of Haran, from Ur in Chaldea to Haran in southeastern Turkey, on the way to Canaan. Ur and Haran were the two principal cities of the moon god, Sin. One very plausible hypothesis is that this migration story is a folk memory of the spread of the moon cult from Ur to Haran and then into Palestine. This hypothesis is associated with the scholarly view that Abraham was not a real, historical person.

While there were other ancient cities called Ur, the Bible specifies the city of Ur in Chaldea. So Abraham's father took him from Ur in Chaldea to Haran, from where Abraham continued on to Canaan.

Answer 4

God spoke to him in Heran, Ur to go to the promised land in Cannon

Answer 5

From Haran In IRAQ

Answer 6

Abraham was told to move to Canaan.

Answer 7

yes he did