Terah

Terah
Illustration of Terah in Latin from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"
Born	Ur, Mesopotamia now Iraq
Died	(aged 205) Haran, now Harran, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey
Children	Abram Nahor II Haran Sarai
Parent(s)	Nahor ben Serug

Terah or Térach (Hebrew: תֶּרַח‎ / תָּרַח‎, Modern Téraḥ / Táraḥ Tiberian Téraḥ / Tāraḥ ; "Ibex, wild goat", or "Wanderer; loiterer") is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis, son of Nahor, son of Serug and father of the Patriarch Abraham, all descendants of Shem's son Arpachshad. Terah is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and in the New Testament.

Most of what is told about Terah is recorded in Genesis 11:26–28. Terah's father was Nahor, son of Serug, descendants of Shem. They and many of their ancestors were polytheistic. Regarding his children, Terah had three sons: Abram (better known by his later name Abraham), Haran, and Nahor II. His daughter Sarai, by a second wife, was also his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram. The entire family, including grandchildren, lived in Ur of the Chaldees. One of his grandchildren was Lot, whose father, Haran, had died before the family left Ur. Terah's son Abram had an encounter with God, who directed him to take the entire family, leave Ur, and move to the land of Canaan. Terah coordinated the journey, intending to go to this new land, but stopped in the city of Haran along the way, where he died at the age of 205.