John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 11:32

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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, Padanaram, as it seems to be called even after this; (see <012410> Genesis 24:10 25:20 28:2,5,10 29:4,5).

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