Genesis 11:32

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 11:32 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Genesis 11:32 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 11

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the days of Terah were two hundred years, etc.] 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 <440704> Acts 7:4,5) and Terah died in Haran: the Arabic historian f878 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 f879 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,…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“- Section X - Abraham - XXXVI. The Father of Abram 27. לוט lôṭ, Lot, “veil;” verb: “cover.” 28. אוּר 'ûr, Ur, “light, flame.” כשׂדים kaśdı̂ym, Kasdim, Cardi, Kurds, Χαλδαῖοι Kaldaioi. כסד kesed, “gain?” Arabic. Ur Kasdim has been identified with Hur, now called Mugheir (the bitumened), a heap of ruins lying south of the Euphrates, nearly opposite its jucnction with the Shat el-Hie. Others place it at Edessa, now Orfa, a short way north of Carrhae. 29. שׂרי sāray, Sarai, “strife;” שׂרה śārâh “strive, rule.” מלכה mı̂lkâh Milkah, “counsel, queen;” verb: “counsel, reign.” יסכה yı̂sekâh, Jiskah, “one who spies, looks out.” 31. הרן hārān, Haran, “burnt place.” Χαῤῥαι Charran,…”
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