Father of the patriarch Abraham.
About Terah
The father of Abram (Abraham), Nahor, and Haran (Genesis 11:26; 1 Chronicles 1:26; Luke 3:34).
Abram is listed first among Terah's sons, but Abram was likely not the oldest. After Terah lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran (Genesis 11:26). The New Testament reports that Abram left Haran after his father's death when he was 75 years old (Genesis 12:4; Acts 7:4).
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Key References
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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.
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
All Scripture References (10)
Genesis (7)
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
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.
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Joshua (1)
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)
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
Luke (1)
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,