Bible Strands
Genesis 11:32
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of Terah’s life after his family’s departure from Ur and subsequent settlement in Haran.
The words — וַ/יָּ֥מָת (va/i.Ya.mot) = and he died; חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּ/מָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה (cha.Mesh sha.Nim u./ma.Ta.yim sha.Nah) = five years and two hundred years.
The thread — The lifespan formula and death notice mirror the pattern in Genesis 5:5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, while Haran functions as the geographic anchor for the Abrahamic narrative in Genesis 12:4–5.
Why it lands — The text states the exact duration of Terah’s life and the location of his death before the narrative shifts to Abram; it requires the reader to recognize the completed generation as the necessary threshold for the covenant promise to advance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.