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From:
Boyd's Bible Dictionary: T
By:
James P. Boyd
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
27sec
Genesis 11:27‑32
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(laggard). Father of Abraham. He was of Ur in Chaldea, started west with his family, stopped in Haran, and died there, aged 205 years. Through his sons, Abraham, Nahor, and Haran, he was the ancestor of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Midianites, Moabites, and Ammonites (
Gen. 11:27-32
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Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
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And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
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But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
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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.
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And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. (Genesis 11:27‑32)
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