The Descendants of Terah

27 Now these are the records of the generations of Terah . Terah became the father of Abram , Nahor and Haran ; and Haran became the father of Lot . 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth , in Ur of the Chaldeans . 29 Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai ; and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah , the daughter of Haran , the father of Milcah and Iscah . 30 Sarai was barren ; she had no child . 31 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 out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan ; and they went as far as Haran , and settled there . 32 The days of Terah were two hundred and five years ; and Terah died in Haran .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 11:27-32

Commentary on Genesis 11:27-32

(Read Genesis 11:27-32)

Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot, who died before his father. Children cannot be sure that they shall outlive their parents. Haran died in Ur, before the happy removal of the family out of that idolatrous country. It concerns us to hasten out of our natural state, lest death surprise us in it. We here read of Abram's departure out of Ur of the Chaldees, with his father Terah, his nephew Lot, and the rest of his family, in obedience to the call of God. This chapter leaves them about mid-way between Ur and Canaan, where they dwelt till Terah's death. Many reach to Charran, and yet fall short of Canaan; they are not far from the kingdom of God, and yet never come thither.