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TERAH (1) te'-ra (terach; Septuagint Tharra, or (with New Testament) Thara; on the name see especially HDB, under the word): The son of Nahor and father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran ( Genesis 11:24 ). At Abraham's birth Terah was 70 years old ( Genesis 11:26 ), and after Abraham's marriage, Terah, Abraham, Sarah and Lot emigrated from Ur of the ...
Genesis 11:27-32. Modern English Version. Terah’s Descendants. 27 These are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot. 28 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was ...
Jan 30, 2024 · Terah is a prominent figure in the Bible’s book of Genesis. He is the father of three prominent characters: his son Abram, and grandsons Lot and Haran. He is most noted sequence of events in the Bible because it marks the beginning of the travels of Abram and eventually the formation of the covenant between God and Abram (later known as ...
Oct 31, 2014 · Claiming Our Ancestors: The Case of Terah. For all of us, there is no going without leaving; and so it was for Abraham: “Go forth from your land, your birthplace, and the house of your father to the land that I shall show you” (Gen. 12:1) [emphasis added]. And when we leave places, we leave people as well. When Abraham departed for Canaan ...
Whereas it is possible that Terah was the one originally meant to inherit God's promise, and establish the foundation of Ancient Israel, God now turned to Terah's son, Abram. INTO CANAAN. Joshua 24:2 hints at Terah's disobedience towards God. Consequently, God called on Abram to leave his father's household, and to plant the seed of Ancient ...
Not Abram (as is commonly believed) but Terah initiated the move away from Ur of the Chaldeans and to Canaan (Genesis 11:31). Since this Terah is an ancestor of Christ, his name also occurs in the Greek New Testament, in the Lucan genealogy, spelled as Θαρα, Thara . A town that Israel encountered during the wilderness years (Numbers 33:27).
Verse 32. - And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years.So that if Abram was born in Terah's 70th year, Terah must have been 145 when Abram left Haran, and must have survived that departure sixty years (Kalisch, Dykes); whereas if Abram was born in his father's 130th year, then Terah must have died before his son s departure from Haran, which agrees with Acts 7:4.
