Editing Terah (section)

==Biblical narrative==
Terah is mentioned in Genesis 11:26–27,<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|11:26–27|HE}}</ref> Joshua 24:2,<ref>{{bibleverse||Joshua|24:2|HE}}</ref> and 1 Chronicles 1:17–27<ref>{{bibleverse||1 Chronicles|1:17–27|HE}}</ref> of the [[Hebrew Bible]] and Luke 3:34–36<ref>{{bibleverse|Luke|3:34–36}}</ref> in the [[New Testament]]. Terah is mentioned in Genesis 11:26–32 as a son of [[Nahor, son of Serug|Nahor, the son of Serug]], descendants of [[Shem]].<ref name=Berman>{{Cite web|url=https://jbqnew.jewishbible.org/index/books-of-the-bible/genesis/role-terah-foundational-stories-patriarchal-family/|title=THE ROLE OF TERAH IN THE FOUNDATIONAL STORIES OF THE PATRIARCHAL FAMILY}}</ref> He is said to have had three sons: [[Abraham|Abram]] (better known by his later name Abraham), [[Haran]], and [[Nahor, son of Terah|Nahor II]], and one daughter: [[Sarah|Sarai]] (better known by her later name Sarah). The family lived in [[Ur of the Chaldees]]. His grandchildren were [[Lot (biblical)|Lot]], [[Milcah]] and [[Iscah]], whose father, Haran, had died at Ur.<ref name=Berman />

In the [[Book of Joshua]], in his final speech to the Israelite leaders assembled at [[Shechem]], [[Joshua]] recounts the history of God's formation of the Israelite nation, beginning with "Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, who lived beyond the [[Euphrates|Euphrates River]] and worshiped other gods."<ref name=Berman/> Terah is also mentioned in a biblical [[genealogy]] given in [[Books of Chronicles|1 Chronicles]].

In the Genesis narrative, Terah took his family and left Ur to move to the land of [[Canaan]]. Terah set out for Canaan but stopped in the city of [[Haran (biblical place)|Haran]] along the way, where he died.<ref>The Masoretic Text gives his age at death as 205. The corresponding passage in the Septuagint does not give Terah's age at death. See Larsson, Gerhard. "The Chronology of the Pentateuch: A Comparison of the MT and LXX." ''Journal of Biblical Literature'', vol. 102, no. 3, 1983, pp. 401–409. www.jstor.org/stable/3261014. See also the ''New English Translation of the Septuagint'', Genesis 11:32.</ref><ref name="NRSV">{{cite book |title=The Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version |date=1989 |publisher=Thomas Nelson Publishers |location=Nashville, TN |pages=6–22 }}</ref>