Bible Verses About Terah
This collection includes 50 passages about Terah. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
This collection is a starting point, not a count of every relevant passage in the Bible.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Scripture Passages
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
And Eshton begat Beth–rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir–nahash. These are the men of Rechah.
And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
Automated topic matches. Check each passage in context. About
This collection includes 50 passages about Terah. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
Read chapter
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I start reading about terah?
This collection includes 50 passages about Terah. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context. Read the surrounding chapter to understand the speaker, audience, and setting before drawing a conclusion.
Does this collection include every relevant passage?
No. This page contains 50 passages as a starting point. A short topic collection is not a complete account of the subject.
Which Bible version is quoted?
The version is shown on each verse card and included when you copy the quotation. Commentary is separate from the Bible text.