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TERAH (Person)

Father of Abram (Abraham), Nahor, and Haran (Gn 11:26; 1 Chr 1:26; Lk 3:34). Though Abram is listed first among his sons, it is likely that Abram was not the oldest. After Terah lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran (Gn 11:26). Stephen reports in the NT, however, that Abram left Haran after the death of his father, at which time Abram was 75 years old (Gn 12:4; Acts 7:4). Terah died at the age of 205 (v Gn 11:32), which suggests that Terah was at least 130 when Abram was born. Terah initiated the trip to Canaan, though he failed to go beyond Haran (Gn 11:31-32). Abram was commanded there to leave his family and proceed to Canaan (12:1).

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:26

OET-RV GEN 11:26

26 After Terah was seventy years old, he had sons whose names were Avram, Nahor, and Haran.

OET-LV GEN 11:26

26 And_ Teraḩ _he/it _lived seventy year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM ʼAⱱrām DOM Nāḩōr and_DOM Ḩārān.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:26

OET-RV CH1 1:26

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

OET-LV CH1 1:26

26 Sərūg Nāḩōr Teraḩ.

Show passage in OET: LUK 3:34

OET-RV LUK 3:34

34 the son of Ya’akov (Jacob), the son of Yitshak (Isaac), the son of Avraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

OET-LV LUK 3:34

34 the son of_Yakōb/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), the son of _Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq), the son of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), the son of _Thara/(Teraḩ), the son of _Naⱪōr/(Nāḩōr),

Show passage in OET: GEN 12:4

OET-RV GEN 12:4

4 So Avram left there just as Yahweh had told him, and Lot also went with him. Avram was seventy-five years old when he left the city of Haran.

OET-LV GEN 12:4

4 And_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it _went just_as he _had _said to_him/it YHWH and_he/it _went with_him/it Lōţ and_Avram was_a _son _of five years and_seventy year[s] in_his/its_coming _out from_Ḩārān.

Show passage in OET: ACT 7:4

OET-RV ACT 7:4

4 So he left Kasdim and moved to Haran, and then after his father died, he moved again to this land where we now live.

OET-LV ACT 7:4

4 Then having _come _out from the_land of_ones_from_Ⱪaldia/(Kasdiy), he _dwelt in Ⱪarran.
And _from _there after the time the father of _him to _die _off, he _removed him into the this land, in which you _all are_ now _dwelling.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:32

OET-RV GEN 11:32

32 Then when Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.

OET-LV GEN 11:32

32 And_ the _days _of Teraḩ _they _were five years and_two _hundreds year[s] and_ Teraḩ _he/it _died in_Ḩārān.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:31–32

OET-RV GEN 11:31

31 Then one day, Terah gathered his son Avram and his grandson Lot (who was Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Saray (who was Avram’s wife), and they all left from the city of Ur (where the Kasdim lived), to travel to the region of Kena’an (Canaan), but when they arrived at the city of Haran, they decided to live there.

OET-RV GEN 11:32

32 Then when Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.

OET-LV GEN 11:31

31 And_ Teraḩ _he/it _took DOM ʼAⱱrām his/its_son and_DOM Lōţ the _son _of Ḩārān the _son _of his/its_son and_DOM Sarai his/its_daughter-in-law the _wife _of ʼAⱱrām his/its_son and_they _went _out with_them from_ʼŪr of_the_ones_from _Kasdiy to_go towards_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_they _came to Ḩārān and_they _lived there.

OET-LV GEN 11:32

32 And_ the _days _of Teraḩ _they _were five years and_two _hundreds year[s] and_ Teraḩ _he/it _died in_Ḩārān.

Show passage in OET: GEN 12:1

OET-RV GEN 12:1

12 Then Yahweh said to Avram, “You must leave your land and your relatives and your father’s house and go to the land that I’ll show you.

OET-LV GEN 12:1

12 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to ʼAⱱrām go to/for_yourself(m) from_your(ms)_land and_from_your(ms)_descendants and_from_household your _father _of_your to the_earth/land which I _will _show_you(ms).

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See also Abraham.