attempting to fulfil his father’s far-flung goals ... never mentions “the generations of Abraham.” I am wondering whether the failure of Terah to reach the land of Canaan implies that ...

of whom one was Terah, father of Abraham. Terah was a wandering Aramean who had been drawn to Ur ### the prosperity of the city. His wealth multiplied, but his children, at school and in the ...

The first mention of then-Abram (before he changes his name to Abraham later in Genesis) is when we are told of his father, Terah, his wife, Sarai and his nephew Lot, and their apparent decision ...