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Terah

Father of Abraham, who set out for Canaan but settled in Haran.

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Father of Abraham; his family preserved the worship of the true God amid widespread superstition.

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In Of the era in Abraham’s life from which a new period in the holy succession begins: Father of Abraham; his family preserved the worship of the true God amid widespread superstition. Later, in Chapter XIII: Terah's…

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Of the era in Abraham’s life from which a new period in the holy succession begins
Father of Abraham; his family preserved the worship of the true God amid widespread superstition.
Chapter XIII: Terah's Emigration and the Silence on Nahor
Led his family from Chaldea to Haran in Mesopotamia, taking Abram, Lot, and Sarah but not his son Nahor.
Of the years of Terah, who completed his lifetime in Haran
Terah is the focus of this chapter; his death in Haran at 205 years is explained as the completion of his life there, not that he spent all his years in that place.
XV Of the time of the migration of Abraham, when, according to the commandment of God, he went out from Haran
Terah is Abraham's father. Augustine calculates that Terah was 145 years old when Abraham left Haran, and that Terah died later at age 205 in Haran.
XXIV
Referenced for the completion of his years in Haran as a parallel to the 400 years.

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