Terah’s Descendants

Terah's line is introduced through Abram, Nahor, and Haran, with Lot named through Haran. Haran dies in Ur, Abram and Nahor marry, and Sarai's barrenness is stated with quiet force.

T²⁷his is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. ²⁸During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. ²⁹And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah. ³⁰But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

Terah leads Abram, Lot, and Sarai out from Ur toward Canaan, but they settle in Haran instead. Terah dies there, leaving the movement unfinished.

³¹And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there. ³²Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.