I am greatly distressed by the glamorizing of heroes, especially by Christians. Terah wanted to leave Ur because he was afraid a war would start. We reached the conclusion that God called Abram to leave Ur in order to travel to Canaan, and he did that before Terah's death, although he The lesson we may need to learn is this: very often the way God would have us go is the most sensible way that we would have chosen anyhow. Prayerful conversation with the true and living God, also, while it was fast waning in the land of the Kasdim, seems to have been still maintained in its ancient purity in some parts of the land of Kenaan and the adjacent countries. People came to offer sacrifices to these idols, or to buy them, and Terah had a thriving business. Vos, Genesis and Archaeology, pp. He is removed to the better country, and by his departure contributes no doubt to deepen the faith of his son Abram, of his grandson Lot, and of his daughter-in-law Sarai. It is quite possible that God made the three promises to Abraham's father Terah first, but he failed the test by remaining in Haran. Hence the new form which the divine guidance of the human race assumed in the call of Abram was connected with the general development of the world, - in the one hand, by the fact that Abram belonged to the family of Shem, which Jehovah had blessed, and on the other, by his not being called alone, but as a married man with his wife. With the choice of Abram and revelation of God to man assumed a select character, inasmuch as God manifested Himself henceforth to Abram and his posterity alone as the author of salvation and the guide to true life; whilst other nations were left to follow their own course according to the powers conferred upon them, in order that they might learn that in their way, and without fellowship with the living God, it was impossible to find peace to the soul, and the true blessedness of life (cf. We have already seen that Abram was seventy-five years of age at the death of Terah. David saw Him by the threshing-floor of Araunah, standing between heaven and earth, with the sword drawn in His hand and stretched out over Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 21:16); and He appeared to Zechariah in a vision as a rider upon a red horse (Zechariah 1:9.). Is this inconsistent with the words of the writer to the Hebrews? Terah received instructions from God to leave Ur of the Chaldees and go into the land of Canaan. Abe replied something like, "I saw that remaining idol in the corner smash all the others. Hence, also, Abram lingers in Haran, waiting to take his father with him to the land of promise, if he should revive so far as to be fit for the journey. He came in the same form to Gideon, and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah with a staff in His hand (Judges 6:11 and Judges 6:21); also to Manoah's wife, for she took Him to be a man of God, i.e., a prophet, whose appearance was like that of the Angel of Jehovah (Judges 13:6); and lastly, to Manoah himself, who did not recognise Him at first, but discovered afterwards, from the miracle which He wrought before his eyes, and from His miraculous ascent in the flame of the altar, that He was the Angel of Jehovah (Judges 13:9-20). Much of Abrams blessing was to come in the form of his offspring, but there was also the blessing that would come in the form of the Messiah, who would bring salvation to Gods people. 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. (2) Abrams spiritual life continued through the sovereign work of God. (Antiqu. Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Charran; and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell" Acts 7:2-4. they came unto Harantwo days' journey south-southeast from Ur, on the direct road to the ford of the Euphrates at Rakka, the nearest and most convenient route to Palestine. Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. Nearly one-fourth of the book of Genesis is devoted to this mans life. A look at a map of the ancient world of patriarchal times would indicate that Abram traveled the well-trodden roads of his day.135 This route was that commonly traveled by those who engaged in the commerce of those days. "They came to Haran and dwelt there." It may be supposed at at that time God had then called Abe, and Abe's response to God's call was the dramatic ploy that Jewish oral tradition says that Abe did: Abe was determined to do anything necessary to try to convince his father, Terah, to take Shem's witness to heart. Such will be the case as we can look back upon our lives from the vantage point of time. Ur was in the southern part of Mesopotamia, and was the starting point for Abraham's journey to Canaan. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. But as soon as Abram had gone to Canaan, in obedience to the call of God, Jehovah appeared to him there (Genesis 12:7). Those who first read the book of Genesis were about to take possession of the land which was promised Abram. That's why they, including Abe and his wife, settled in Haran: they settled there in order to allow their father to live out the rest of his very old life in peace and ease. The force of these facts has been met by the assertion, that the ambassador perfectly represents the person of the sender; and evidence of this is adduced not only from Grecian literature, but from the Old Testament also, where the addresses of the prophets often glide imperceptibly into the words of Jehovah, whose instrument they are. This is the reason why we have placed one hundred and thirty (seventy and sixty), in the genealogical table opposite Terah, because the line of descent is not traced through Haran, who was born when he was seventy, but through Abram, who by plain inference was born when he was one hundred and thirty years old. We must confine ourselves to the passages in which "the Angel of Jehovah" is actually referred to. Abram died at the ripe old age of 175 (25:7-8), a much shorter time than Shem (11:10-11) or Arpachshad (11:12-13). The land, as we have already said, is implied in verse 1. Rather, your question should be: why did Abraham leave Haran. 305-306. Had Abrams spiritual life depended solely upon his faithfulness, the story of Abram would have ended very quickly. Did God give an oath to Isaac as alluded in Psalms 105:8-10? I would have assumed that Terah was a God-fearing man, who brought up his son, Abram, to believe in only one God, unlike the people of his day, but this was not so. That verse is not implying that God called Abe out of the blue, nor Abe at random of all persons. I hope that's helpful Clive. "Abraham was a man of faith that works; Isaac, of faith that endures; Jacob, of faith that wrestles" (Baumgarten). The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran and said to him, Depart from your country and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you (Acts 7:2-3). 137 Now we can understand why the Torah stressed, in all their detail, Abrams journeys on entering the land of Canaan, at first as far as Schechem, and subsequently up to Ai-Bethel. And later in the story Rachel, Terah's great-great-granddaughter, does seem keen to hold on to the Teraphim (household idols) as if they were a family heirloom (Gen 31:19). What is the best way to deprotonate a methyl group? In the words of Vos, Regardless of when Abraham left Ur, he turned his back on a great metropolis, setting out by faith for a land about which he knew little or nothing and which could probably offer him little from a standpoint of material benefits.132. Although, for example, the knowledge and worship of the true God had been preserved in the families of Shem in a purer form than among the remaining descendants of Noah, even in the house of Terah and worship of God was corrupted by idolatry (Joshua 24:2-3); and although Abram was to become the father of the nation which God was about to form, yet his wife was barren, and therefore, in the way of nature, a new family could not be expected to spring from him. The relationship between the command of God to Abram in verse 1 and the incident at Babel in chapter 11 should not be overlooked. As a perfectly new beginning, therefore, the patriarchal history assumed the form of a family history, in which the grace of God prepared the ground for the coming Israel. Abraham lived as a pilgrim, looking for the city of God: By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the some promise; for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God (Hebrews 11:9-10). Barnes' Notes on the Bible And Terah took Abram. How utterly irreconcilable this fact is with the opinion that the Angel of Jehovah was a created angel, is conclusively proved by Revelation 22:9, which is generally regarded as perfectly corresponding to the account of the "Angel of Jehovah" of the Old Testament. Ur was a large and prosperous city-state in Mesopotamia (present-day southern Iraq). Abram had two brothers, Nahor and Charan (often anglicized as "Haran"), but Charan died. (6) The Christian walk is a process of growth in grace. So he may have found a blossoming trade in Haran. Think of it. Starting in Genesis 11:27, we have the account of Terah's (Abraham's father) family line. Abe passed God's first personal test. The difference is important. Although no direct evidence of Abrahams residence is available, it is significant that the city of Ur reflects a long history preceding Abrahams time, possessing an elaborate system of writing, educational facilities, mathematical calculations, business and religious records, and art. So Terah had two reasons to leave the city of Ur of the Chaldees. God told Abram to leave without knowing where the path of obedience would lead, but believing that God was leading as he went. as an appearance of "the angel of Elohim," and of "the God of Bethel" (Genesis 31:11, Genesis 31:13); and in his blessing on the sons of Joseph (Genesis 48:15-16), "The God (Elohim) before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God (Elohim) which fed me all my life long unto this day, the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads," he places the angel of God on a perfect equality with God, not only regarding Him as the Being to whom he has been indebted for protection all his life long, but entreating from Him a blessing upon his descendants. Wis. 13-15). But we neither regard this rendering of the psalm as in harmony with the context, nor assent to the assertion that with a double accusative, in the sense of making into anything, is ungrammatical.)<. Genesis 21:16-21. Rauwolff, who was in this town A. D. 1575, calls it Orpha; his account of it is this (q), that it is a costly city, with a castle situated on the hill very pleasantly; that the town is very pleasant, pretty big, with fortifications well provided; and that some say it was anciently called Haran and Charras: a later traveller (r) says, who also calls it Orpha,"the air of this city is very healthful, and the country fruitful; that it is built four square, the west part standing on the side of a rocky mountain, and the east part tendeth into a spacious valley, replenished with vineyards, orchards, and gardens: the walls are very strong, furnished with great store of artillery, and contain in circuit three English miles, and, for the gallantness of its sight, it was once reckoned the metropolitical seat of Mesopotamia. If the city which Abram was told to leave was great, the home he left behind seems to have been less than godly. Stephen clarifies the time that Abram was first called of God. Aben Ezra suggests, that the agreeableness of the place to Terah caused him to continue there; but it is very probable he was seized with a disease which obliged them to stay here, and of which he died. And, most important, I can find hope for a person like myself. Moses account of his initial steps of faith makes it evident that much was to be desired, and to be developed in him. Cassuto has suggested that the places mentioned (Shechem, Bethel, the Negev) are significant. Isaac also was strong in patience and hope; and Jacob wrestled in faith amidst painful circumstances of various kinds, until he had secured the blessing of the promise. (k) Ibid. The command of God to Abram was in conjunction with an appearance of God.134 While Moses mentioned only an appearance of God after Abram was in the land (12:7), Stephen informs us that God appeared to Abram while in Ur (Acts 7:2). ). 176. by Ray. First, the emphasis of Hebrews 11 is on faith. It is true that from the very beginning God had manifested Himself visibly to men; but in the olden time we read nothing of appearances, because before the flood God had not withdrawn His presence from the earth. This I believe to be a significant observation, for many Christians seem to feel that Gods way is the way of the bizarre and the unusual. Terah, it seems, decided to stay in the northern Mesopotamian "city of Haran," (no connection with his son Haran) rather than continue the journey to Canaan, which was the family's original intent. He dare not become too attached to that which he cannot take with him. 2: In Acts 7, verses 2 thru 4, Stephen states that God had called Abe prior to when the group had settled in the town called Haran. Can you fathom the fact that after leaving Haran for Canaan, God worked in Abrams life for one hundred years? Browse other questions tagged, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site. So, according to that oral history, Abe one day waited for Terah to go out of Terah's idol-making shop, and then Abe smashed all the idols except the biggest one that stood prominently in the corner of the shop. (Note: The only passage that could be adduced in support of this, viz., Psalm 104:4, does not prove that God makes natural objects, winds and flaming fire, into forms in which heavenly spirits appear, or that He creates spirits out of them. The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran ( Genesis 11:26-32 ESV ). Then, when Terah returned, saw the mess, and asked Abe what had happened. (The date that Abram left the city of Ur and other patriarchs' timelines can be read here. The first time that God told this to Abe, it was God's way of provoking Abe to "get real" about Terah's idolatry. Terah died in Haran (Genesis 11:32), so Abraham was free to follow that call. This whole calculation exactly agrees with the incidental statement of Paul to the Galatians Gal 3:17 that the law was four hundred and thirty years after the covenant of promise. God is not nearly so concerned with geography as He is with godliness. From Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. The family were in the city of Haran for five years. God commanded Terah to leave Ur of Chaldees for the land of Canaan in Genesis 11:31. b. There is a dispute about that too, if we take into account the Samaritan Pentateuch we accept a version that states that Terah only lived 145 years. That settles it. The preacher said it could be said even shorter. This was God's first direct test of Abe, and Abe passed with flying colors. 133-134. Why did Terah died in Haran? Additionally, we can conjecture that he was born sometime during the 20th century BCE and dwelt in the land of Ur, commonly referred to as Ur III by historians. Twenty years? Wiki User 2012-12-08. Genesis 11:31 tells us that Ter'ah took Abraham, Lot, and Sarai, and began the journey to Canaan, perhaps out of grief for the loss of his son Haran, but certainly before the call on Abraham. The inhabitants also of Ur had fallen into polytheism, or, if we may so speak, allotheism, the worship of other gods. To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers. Exodus 3:2 and Exodus 3:4, Judges 6:12 and Judges 6:14-16, but especially Exodus 14:19, where the Angel of Jehovah goes before the host of the Israelites, just as Jehovah is said to do in Exodus 13:21). Well, it was written in Genesis that his birth name was Abram, before God changed his name to Abraham, and that he was the son of Terah. But why did they intend to go into the land of Canaan? As Abram subsequently continued this migration in simple dependance upon Gods guidance (Genesis 12:1), it was probably the Divine rather than the human purpose that is here expressed. It was not in Haran, as a casual reading of Genesis 12 might incline us to believe, but in Ur. When Abram had an encounter with God, [1] this brother directed his family to leave their native land and go to the land of Canaan. The Christian life is not knowing exactly what the future holds, but knowing Him Who holds the future. Here was the basis for the great name that God would give to Abram. Do you believe it? Filial piety, no doubt, kept Abram watching over the last days of his venerable parents, who probably still cling to the fond hope of reaching the land of his adoption. ), without any angelic form being visible in either case. It would be many years before Abram would fully grasp that this heir that God had promised would come from the union of he and Sarai. If His Word is not true and reliable, then we, of all men, are most miserable.. Benjamin of Tudela (p) speaks of it as in being in his time, and as two days journey from the entrance into the land of Shinar or Mesopotamia; and says, that in that place where was the house of Abraham, there is no building on it, but the Ishmaelites (the Mahometans) honour the place, and come thither to pray. Since Abram was unwilling or unable to leave his father's house, God took Abram's father in death (11:32). 32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran. We often read of Abraham, the man of faith, supposing that he was always that kind of man. Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. It should first of all be said that it was the route we would have expected him to have taken if he were going in that direction. 131 The city of Ur on the lower Euphrates River was a large population center, and has yielded extensive information in the royal tombs which were excavated under the direction of Sir Leonard Wooley and the sponsorship of the British Museum and the museum of Pennsylvania University. ------------------------------------------------------------. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his At the same time, it does not follow from this use of the expression Maleach Jehovah, that the (particular) angel of Jehovah was essentially one with God, or that Maleach Jehovah always has the same signification; for in Malachi 2:7 the priest is called Maleach Jehovah, i.e., the messenger of the Lord. Life Span. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, the One Abram looked for in the future, to die on the cross to suffer the penalty for mans sin. But Terah was influenced by other motives to put himself at the head of this movement. There may well have been political or economic factors which made such a move expedient, apart from any spiritual considerations. Blessing would come through Abraham in several ways. The second promise of the Abrahamic Covenant was that of a great nation coming from Abram. Thus, he seems to have rejected Stephens words flatly. ''What detained Terah and his family here, when they intended to go further, is not said. However, Abraham discouraged potential customers from buying the idols, explaining to them the futility of worshipping statues that were only fashioned that very day. But isnt that enough? Such was true in Abrams 1ife.139 Such is the case with every believer. No stop along the path was irrelevant or without purpose. Terah traveled 150 miles out of his way. 130 Cf. 139 . By clicking Accept all cookies, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy. But when He had established a covenant with him after the flood, and thereby had assured the continuance of the earth and of the human race, the direct manifestations ceased, for God withdrew His visible presence from the world; so that it was from heaven that the judgment fell upon the tower of Babel, and even the call to Abram in his home in Haran was issued through His word, that is to say, no doubt, through an inward monition. Genesis 11:27-32 gives a genealogy leading up to Abram and Sarai, beginning with Terah, Abram's father. This remains to be proven. Those who recognized the hand of God in Abram and his descendants would be blessed by contact with them. The surroundings were comfortable in the civilised city of Ur, so Terah may have been reluctant to leave. Historians share that the father of Serug was Reu. 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