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Bible Encyclopedias
Terah
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
or Te´rah, son of Nahor and father of Abraham, who, with his family, departed from Ur of the Chaldees to go to the land which God should show him, 'but tarried at Haran in Mesopotamia, and there died at the age of 205 years' (; ). From the latter text, it appears that the first call which prompted them to leave Ur was addressed to Abraham, not to Terah, as well as the second, which, after the death of his father, induced him to proceed from Haran to Canaan [ABRAHAM]. The order to Abraham to proceed to Canaan immediately after Terah's death seems to indicate that the pause at Haran was on his account. Whether he declined to proceed any further, or his advanced age rendered him unequal to the fatigues of the journey, can only be conjectured.
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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Terah'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/kbe/t/terah.html.
