Terah: 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
(Genesis 11:24-32; Joshua 24:2) What a
wonderful part the descendants of this Chaldean shepherd have played
in the history of the world!
