Genesis 11:32

Genesis 11:32

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

a. NLT: Terah lived for 205 yearsfn and died while still in Haran. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan. [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Amplified Bible: And Terah lived 205 years; and Terah died in Haran. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Septuagint: And all the days of Tharrha in the land of Charrhan were two hundred and five years, and Tharrha died in Charrhan.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: The days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. “And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years…”

a. [Strong: 1961 hayah haw-yaw a primitive root (Compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.]

b. [And the] days [Strong: 3117 yowm yome: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb):--age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.]

b. [of] Terah [Strong: 8646 Terach teh'-rakh: of uncertain derivation; Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert:--Tarah, Terah.]

c. [were] two hundred [Compound Hebrew made up of [Strong: 3967 me'ah may-aw' or metyah {may-yaw'}; properly,: a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:--hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.]

d. [and] five [Strong: 2568 chamesh khaw-maysh' masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}; a primitive numeral; five:--fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).]

e. years [Strong: 8141 shaneh shaw-neh' (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}; from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time):--+ whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).]

2. “…and Terah died in Haran.”

a. [and] Terah [Strong: 8646 Terach teh'-rakh: of uncertain derivation; Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert:--Tarah, Terah.]

b. died [Strong: 4191 muwth mooth: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill:--X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.]

c. [in] Haran [Strong: 2771 Charan kaw-rawn' from 2787; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place:--Haran.]

1). Haran is not Canaan. Though Terah intended to go to Canaan, he stopped in Haran. It may have been that health reasons with Terah that caused the family to not go on to Canaan. Regardless, he died in Haran. Abram was 75 years old when his father died (Genesis 12:4).