Terah תֶּ֫רַח

Terah was the father of Abraham, Nahor, and Haran, who left Ur to settle in Haran.

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Also called Thara.

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In the genealogy of Jesus

Where Terah appears

Genesis (7), Joshua (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Luke (1)

Key verses

• Genesis 11:24 first mention — And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
• Genesis 11:25 — And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:26 — And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
• Genesis 11:27 — Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
• Genesis 11:28 — And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
• Genesis 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
• Genesis 11:32 — And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
• Joshua 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
• 1 Chronicles 1:26 — Serug, Nahor, Terah,
• Luke 3:34 — Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.