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Nov 15, 2010 · Genesis 11:26 says that Abram's father was 70 years old when Abram was born, and Abram's father lived to be 205 ( 11:32 ). Clearly, then, Abram was at least 135 when he left Haran. Yet Genesis 12:4 says he left Haran when he was only 75.
Mar 29, 2021 · We find out in Gen 12:4 that Abraham was 75 years old when he left Haran and thus, Terah was 130 years old when Abram was born. Therefore, Gen 11:26 should be understood as Terah being 70 years old when the first of his sons was born. The Pulpit commentary says the same thing: Verse 26.
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Abram (his birth name before being renamed Abraham) is the third son born to a man named Terah living in Ur of the Chaldees. At the time of his birth his older brother Haran is 60 years old (Genesis 11:26) with second brother Nahor at an unknown younger age. Terah is 130 years old at the time of Abraham's birth.
Sep 23, 2013 · Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan ” (Genesis 12:1-5).
The Rabbinic answer that is quoted by Rashi from the Midrash Rabbah is that indeed Terach was still alive when Abram left Haran. Why does the text say that he dies? Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran, Terach was 70 years old when Abram was born, thus 145 years old when Abram left Haran.
Apr 26, 2023 · For it is written, (Genesis 12:4) “And Abram was seventy five years old when he left Haran”, and Terah was seventy years old when Abram was born (Genesis 11:26), making Terah 145 years old when Abram left Haran, so that there were then many years of his life left (i. e. he lived many years after that — as a matter of fact, 60 years, as he ...
