People of the Bible
Terah
also called Thara · 2125 BC – 1920 BC · Genealogy of Jesus
Family
- Father
- Nahor (father of Terah)
- Children
- Abraham, Haran (brother of Abraham), Nahor (brother of Abraham), Sarah
- Died
- Haran
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Birth of Terah · 2125 BC
- Lifetime of Terah · 2125 BC
- Birth of Abraham · 1996 BC
- Death of Terah · 1920 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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!
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 10 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.