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Terah
Terah was the father of Abraham, Nahor, and Haran, who left Ur to settle in Haran.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
The wanderer; loiterer, for some unknown reason emigrated with his family from his native mountains in the north to the plains of Mesopotamia. He had three sons, Haran, Nahor, and Abraham, and one daughter, Sarah. He settled in "Ur of the Chaldees," where his son Haran died, leaving behind him his son Lot. Nahor settled at Haran, a place on the way to Ur. Terah afterwards migrated with Abraham (probably his youngest son) and Lot (his grandson), together with their families, from Ur, intending to go with them to Canaan; but he tarried at Haran, where he spent the remainder of his days, and died at the age of two hundred and five years (Gen. 11:24-32; Josh. 24:2). What a wonderful part the descendants of this Chaldean shepherd have played in the history of the world!
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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First named at Genesis 11:24.
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Verses that name Terah
- Genesis 11:24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
- Genesis 11:25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- Genesis 11:27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- Genesis 11:28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- Genesis 11:31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Genesis 11:32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
- Joshua 24:2 And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
- 1 Chronicles 1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
- Luke 3:34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,