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Terah

Also known as Thara

Patriarchal205 yearsPatriarchIn the line of Christ

Description

Son of Nahor; father of Abram, Nahor (the younger), and Haran. Departed Ur of the Chaldeans for Canaan but settled in Haran, where he died at 205. According to Joshua 24:2, served other gods.

Relationships

Family tree

Two generations up and down. Click any other person to recenter the tree on them. Solid lines are parent-of relationships; dashed pink lines are spouses; dashed amber lines are debated/tradition-divergent edges.

Notes

Per Genesis 20:12, Sarah was Abraham's half-sister 'the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother', implying Terah had at least two wives.