Atlas Biblica

    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Terah. Every Terah in the Bible

    person

    Terah

    תֶּ֫רַחΘάρα

    Terah was the father of Abraham, Nahor, and Haran, who left Ur to settle in Haran.

    verses
    10
    first named
    Genesis 11:24
    last named
    Luke 3:34
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Early Patriarch

    Description

    Who was Terah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Terah was the son of Nahor and the father of Abraham, Nahor, and Haran (Gen.11.24-26). He lived in Ur of the Chaldeans, where he worshipped idols (Jos.24.2). At age 70, he became the father of his three sons (Gen.11.26). After Haran died in Ur, Terah took Abraham, Sarah, and Lot and set out for Canaan, but they settled in the city of Haran instead (Gen.11.31). Terah died in Haran at the age of 205 (Gen.11.32). Jewish tradition portrays Terah as an idolater who turned to God. The Bible does not provide further details about his life, but his significance lies in being the father of Abraham, the recipient of God's covenant promises.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Terah10 of 12 entities the graph connects to Terah, in 2 groups: kinship 6, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AbrahamFather of · 4 events · 275 versesSarahFather of · 3 events · 48 versesLotAncestor of · 3 events · 34 versesNahorFather of · 1 event · 11 versesNahorChild of · 1 event · 7 versesHaranFather of · 2 events · 5 versesKinshipCanaan1 event · 146 versesChaldea1 event · 90 versesHaran2 events · 12 versesUr1 event · 4 versesEventsTerah

    The 10 best-attested of 12 are drawn. All 12 are listed below.

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    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Terah happensAll 4 places the claims about Terah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Haran, Canaan, Chaldea, Ur. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Terah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.HaranCanaanChaldeaUr
    the PatriarchsAll 4 places the claims about Terah reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 10, across 4 books. The name is written 12 times in them.

    1. Genesis7 verses

      11:2411:2511:2611:2711:2811:3111:32

    2. Joshua1 verse

      24:2

    3. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      1:26

    4. Luke1 verse

      3:34

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Nahor’s fatherhood of Terah and Terah’s fatherhoodFatherhoodFatherhood is a concept gathering 11 labelled instances in the text.via Lot and Haran, and 1 moreMilcahWife of Nahor, Abraham's brother.via Lot and Abraham, and 1 moreAbraham’s departureAbraham’s departure is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 5 pageable entities.via Lot and Abraham, and 1 moreAbraham’s journeyAbraham’s journey is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via Lot and HaranHaran’s fatherhoodHaran’s fatherhood is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via Lot and HaranIscahDaughter of Haran, Milcah's sister, Lot's sister.via NahorSerugSon of Reu; father of Nahor, ancestor of Abrahamvia NahorSerug’s fatherhood of NahorSerug’s fatherhood of Nahor is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Abraham and SarahAbimelech’s giving of Cattle, Menservant, and MaidservantAbimelech’s giving of Cattle, Menservant, and Maidservant is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.

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