From Nave’s Topical Bible
Terah
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 3Passages listed
- 3Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- The father of AbrahamGenesis 11:24–32
- Was an idolaterJoshua 24:2
- Called THARALuke 3:34
The passages, in Bible order (3)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 11:24–32
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
Commentary on Genesis 11:24–322 voices
And Nahor lived twenty nine years, and begat Terah. The father of Abraham, and the first of the patriarchs of this line of Shem that fell off from the true religion to idolatry.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Now Nachor lived twenty-nine years and begot Thare. The seventy interpreters have it seventy-nine.
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
- Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
Commentary on Joshua 24:22 voices
On the other side of the flood - The river Euphrates. They served other gods - Probably Abraham as well as Terah his father was an idolater, till he received the call of God to leave that land. See on Gen 11:31 (note); Gen 12:1 (note).
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
Joshua said unto all the people--His address briefly recapitulated the principal proofs of the divine goodness to Israel from the call of Abraham to their happy establishment in the land of promise; it showed them that they were indebted for their national existence as well as their peculiar privileges, not to any merits of their own, but to the free grace of God.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Luke 3:34
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
Commentary on Luke 3:342 voices
(ubi sup.) Which is interpreted, "finding out," or "wickedness." Nachor, i. e. "the light rested." Sarug, i. e. "correction," or "holding the reins," or "perfection." Ragan, i. e. "sick," or "feeding." Phares, i. e. "dividing," or "divided." Heber, i. e. "passing over." Sala, i. e. "taking away." Canaan, i. e. "lamentation," or "their possession."
Glossa Ordinaria· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 1274Patristic
(2.) It is dated by the governments of the viceroys that ruled in the several parts of the Holy Land under the Roman emperor, which was another badge of their servitude, for they were all foreigners, which bespeaks a sad change with that people whose governors used to be of themselves ( Jer. xxx. 21 ), and it was their glory.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan