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| Of the Years of Terah, Who Completed His Lifetime in Haran.
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Chapter 14.—Of the Years of
Terah, Who Completed His Lifetime in Haran.
On Terah’s death in Mesopotamia,
where he is said to have lived 205 years, the promises of God made
to Abraham now begin to be pointed out; for thus it is written:
“And the days of Terah in Haran were two hundred and five years,
and he died in Haran.”893
This is not to be taken as if he
had spent all his days there, but that he there completed the days
of his life, which were two hundred and five years: otherwise it
would not be known how many years Terah lived, since it is not said
in what year of his life he came into Haran; and it is absurd to
suppose that, in this series of generations, where it is carefully
recorded how many years each one lived, his age was the only one
not put on record. For although some whom the same Scripture
mentions have not their age recorded, they are not in this series,
in which the reckoning of time is continuously indicated by the
death of the parents and the succession of the children. For this
series, which is given in order from Adam to Noah, and from him
down to Abraham, contains no one without the number of the years of
his life.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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