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Part of the genealogy of Christ Mentioned in the Bible by name
Terah

Time-period: ❷ Noa-Abraham (3000 – 2000 f.Kr.)
Born: 1883 f.Kr.  (1878 AM*)
Dead: 1678 f.Kr.  (2083 AM*)
Age: 205 years
Alt. names/spellings: Thara, Terah
Father: Nahor
children (4): Abraham, Nahor, Haran, Sarah

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*Anno Mundi (latin for year and world) is the jewish way of counting time which puts the genesis of the world at year 3761 BC. This year (2026) is represented by year 5786 in Anno Mundi. This is an approximate number.

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Usage in the Bible


Terah H8646
תֶּ֫רַח (Terach)
13 times in OT
Thara G2291
Θάρα (Thara)
1 times in NT
Total    14 times

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  • Nahor

    Extra: Was an ancestor to Christ.

    Nahor
    • Terah

      firstborn

      Extra: Was an ancestor to Christ.

      • Abraham

        Sarah, Keturah
        (Hagar)

        Terah's firstborn

        Ancestor of Christ

        Abraham
        Sarah
        Keturah
        Hagar
        • Ishmael

          Abraham's firstborn

          Mother: Hagar

          Ishmael
        • Isaac

          Rebekah

          Abraham's child nr: 2

          Mother: Sarah

          Ancestor of Christ

          Isaac
          Rebekah
        • Zimran

          Abraham's child nr: 3

          Mother: Keturah

          Zimran
        • Jokshan

          Abraham's child nr: 4

          Mother: Keturah

          Jokshan
        • Medan

          Abraham's child nr: 5

          Mother: Keturah

          Medan
        • Midian

          Jerusha

          Abraham's child nr: 6

          Mother: Keturah

          Midian
          Jerusha
        • Ishbak

          Abraham's child nr: 7

          Mother: Keturah

          Ishbak
        • Shuah

          Abraham's child nr: 8

          Mother: Keturah

          Shuah
      • Nahor

        Milcah
        (Reumah)

        Terah's child nr: 2

        Ancestor of Christ

        Nahor
        Milcah
        Reumah
        • Uz

          Nahor's firstborn

          Mother: Milcah

          Uz
        • Buz

          Nahor's child nr: 2

          Mother: Milcah

          Buz
        • Kemuel

          Nahor's child nr: 3

          Mother: Milcah

          Kemuel
        • Chesed

          Nahor's child nr: 4

          Mother: Milcah

          Chesed
        • Hazo

          Nahor's child nr: 5

          Mother: Milcah

          Hazo
        • Pildash

          Nahor's child nr: 6

          Mother: Milcah

          Pildash
        • Jidlaph

          Nahor's child nr: 7

          Mother: Milcah

          Jidlaph
        • Bethuel

          Nahor's child nr: 8

          Mother: Milcah

          Ancestor of Christ

          Bethuel
        • Tebah

          Nahor's child nr: 9

          Mother: Reumah

          Tebah
        • Gaham

          Nahor's child nr: 10

          Mother: Reumah

          Gaham
        • Tahash

          Nahor's child nr: 11

          Mother: Reumah

          Tahash
        • Maacah

          Nahor's child nr: 12

          Mother: Reumah

          Maacah
      • Haran

        Terah's child nr: 3

        Ancestor of Christ

        Haran
      • Sarah

        Abraham

        Terah's child nr: 4

        Ancestor of Christ

        Sarah
        Abraham
        • Isaac

          Rebekah

          Sarah's child nr: 2

          Ancestor of Christ

          Isaac
          Rebekah

The symbols used are:

  • Man

    wife

  • Woman
  • Is part of the ancestry of Christ
  • Ruler/leader
  • multiple people




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Gen 11:24
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And Nachor lived 27 years before he became the father of Terah.
Gen 11:25
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And Nachor lived 119 years [19 years and 100 years] after he became the father of Terah.
And he became the father of sons and daughters. [Nachor lived to be 146 years old.]
Gen 11:26
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And Terah lived 70 years before he became the father of
Abram,
Nahor, and Haran.
Gen 11:27
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[Here comes a new "toledot unit" that forms the seventh literary unit (of twelve) in Genesis.]
This is the continued story of Terah (Terah) (his genealogy/family tree – Hebr. toledot).
Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
Gen 11:28
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Haran died before his father Terah in the land where he was born, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Gen 11:31
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Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, Haran's son, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, Abram's wife, and they journeyed from Ur in Chaldea and came to Haran (Hebr. Charan), where they stayed.
Gen 11:32
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All the days that Terah lived were 205 years, then Terah died in Haran.
Num 33:27
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And they journeyed from Tachat and camped at Tera.
Num 33:28
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And they journeyed from Tera and camped at Mitqa.
Josh 24:2
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And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the Lord (Yahweh), the God (Elohim) of Israel: Your fathers dwelt beyond the river [Euphrates]—Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor—and they served other gods.
1 Ch 1:26
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Serug, Nahor, Terah,
Luke 3:34
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son to Jacob,
son of Isaac,
son of Abraham,
son of Terah (Terach),
son of Nahor (Nachor),