08.04. Genesis chapter 11

In this chapter we have the record of the generations of Shem. We have a similar formula in this list. The age of the patriarch is provided at the birth of the son and then lived another number of years.

For Terah we need to look at the following verses since his first son was not Abraham.

• Gen 11:32 gives the total lifespan for Terah as 205

• Gen 12:4 gives the age of Abraham as 75 when he left Haran right after Terah died there

• This makes Terah 130 when Abraham was born. (It also makes him 140 when Sarah was born to him by another woman)