Terah
Also called Thara
2125–1920 BC, 205 years traditional (Jones)
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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 20th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Born in the era of the Flood to Abraham, 2348–1997 BC.
- Alive at the same time as Arphaxad for 205 years, Eber for 205 years, Salah for 205 years, Shem for 205 years, Serug for 171 years, Reu for 148 years, Noah for 128 years, and Peleg for 118 years.
- Named in the same verses as Abraham, Nahor, Haran, Lot, Nahor, Canaan, Isaac, and Joshua.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Stories
4 events in which Terah takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- 2125 BCBirth of TerahGen 11:24
- 2125 BCLifetime of TerahGen 11:26-28
- 1995 BCBirth of AbrahamGen 11:26-27
- 1920 BCDeath of TerahGen 11:32
Places
Places named in the same verses as Terah, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2176–1869 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around this life, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
10 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Terah 13Thara 0 |
| KJV | Terah 11Thara 1 |
| ASV | Terah 14Thara 0 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 10 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis7 verses
- 11:24
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
- 11:25
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 11:26
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- 11:27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- 11:28
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- 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.
- 11:32
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Joshua1 verse
- 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 Chronicles1 verse
- 1:26
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
Luke1 verse
- 3:34
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
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!