Genesis - 11:32



32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 11:32.

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And the days of Thare were tow hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
Et fuerunt dies Thare quinque et ducenti anni: et mortuus est Thare in Charan.

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And the days of Terah were two hundred years,.... His days are summed up as none of the rest are in this genealogy, that it might be observed; his death being the time of Abram's leaving Chaldea and coming into the land of Canaan, given to him and his seed for an inheritance; see Acts 7:4.
and Terah died in Haran: the Arabic historian (s) says, he died in Haran in the month Elul, in the year of his age two hundred and sixty five; but he gives him sixty years too many: a Jewish chronologer (t) says he died in the thirty fifth year of Isaac. Perhaps he gave the name to this place, where he dwelt a while, in memory of his son Haran, which before might be called by another name, Padanaram, as it seems to be called even after this; see Genesis 24:10.
(s) Elmaaciuns, ut supra. (p. 31. apud Hottinger. p. 282.) (t) R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet, fol. 2. 1.

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