The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
KJV
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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And the days of Terah were two hundred years,.... His days are summed up as none of the rest are in this genealogy, that it might be observed; his death being the time of Abram's leaving Chaldea and coming into the land of Canaan, given to him and his seed for an inheritance; see
Act 7:4
.
and Terah died in Haran: the Arabic historian (s) says, he died in Haran in the month Elul, in the year of his age two hundred and sixty five; but he gives him sixty years too many: a Jewish chronologer (t) says he died in the thirty fifth year of Isaac. Perhaps he gave the name to this place, where he dwelt a while, in memory of his son Haran, which before might be called by another name, Padanaram, as it seems to be called even after this; see
Gen 24:10
.
(s) Elmaaciuns, ut supra. (p. 31. apud Hottinger. p. 282.) (t) R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet, fol. 2. 1.
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