Casdim
Casdim is named in connection with the fire where Haran died at the age of eighty-two. Terah took Abram, Lot, Sarai and his household from Ur Casdim to go to the land of Canaan. The Lord later told Abram that he was the one who brought him forth from Ur Casdim.
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Casdim in Jasher 12
The Book of Jasher 12:6
If it pleaseth the king to do this, let him order his servants to kindle a fire both night and day in thy brick furnace,...
6f it pleaseth the king to do this, let him order his servants to kindle a fire both night and day in thy brick furnace, and then we will cast this man into it. And the king did so, and he commanded his servants that they should prepare a fire for three days and three nights in the king's furnace, that is in Casdim; and the king ordered them to take Abram from prison and bring him out to be burned.
Casdim in Jasher 12
The Book of Jasher 12:37
And Haran was eighty-two years old when he died in the fire of Casdim. And the king, princes, and inhabitants of the lan...
37nd Haran was eighty-two years old when he died in the fire of Casdim. And the king, princes, and inhabitants of the land, seeing that Abram was delivered from the fire, they came and bowed down to Abram.
Casdim in Jasher 13
The Book of Jasher 13:1
And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son ...
1nd Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram, and all the souls of his household and went with them from Ur Casdim to go to the land of Canaan. And when they came as far as the land of Haran they remained there, for it was exceedingly good land for pasture, and of sufficient extent for those who accompanied them.