God called him to leave that city and to exchange his townhouse for a tent. (6) The Christian walk is a process of growth in grace. Do stay around and if you are willing to answer another questions, please read. The writer to the Hebrews pointed to Abraham as an illustration of a man who walked by faith, devoting more space to him than any other individual in chapter eleven (Hebrews 11:8-19). We must remember that Cassuto, as a Jew, did not regard the New Testament to be authoritative. 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 is what is implied in the Jewish oral tradition about Abe. - Thus, walking in faith, the patriarchs were types of faith for all the families that should spring from them, and be blessed through them, and ancestors of a nation which God had resolved to form according to the election of His grace. The question arises, therefore, whether the angel of Jehovah, or of God, was God Himself in one particular phase of His self-manifestation, or a created angel of whom God made use as the organ of His self-revelation. And as all our texts agree in the numbers here involved, it is obvious that the same adjustment of years has in this case to be made, whatever system of chronology is adopted. All he had to rely upon was God, Who had revealed Himself to him. To this hope our Lord, the Messiah, spoke, Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day; and he saw it, and was glad (John 8:56). So Terah had two reasons to leave the city of Ur of the Chaldees. It tells us that verses 27-32 of chapter 11 are parenthetical,133 and not strictly in chronological order. 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. But here are a few possibilities. The foundation for this was laid by God in the call and separation of Abram from his people and his country, to make him, by special guidance, the father of a nation from which the salvation of the world should come. (j) Ut supra. It is there that the specific details of the covenant are spelled out. God is not only sovereign in salvation, but sovereign in the process of sanctification. Terah was accordingly two hundred years old when he undertook the long journey to the land of Kenaan; for he died at two hundred and five, when Abram was seventy-five. The Word of God is sufficient for mans faith. Genesis 2:5). Terah didn't give a rip about what God wanted because he didn't know or love Him. Those who first read the book of Genesis were about to take possession of the land which was promised Abram. Specifically, Stephen's comment, in reply to the high priest (Acts 7:1), is based on Jewish oral tradition, and was recognized by the Jewish High Counsel (called the "Sanhedren"). With God's calling of Terah in verse 31, Ancient Israel was set on an irrevocable course. Secondly, consistent with this approach, the author does not stress the timing of Abrams obedience. God was going to make a new nation, not merely revise an existing one. 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. There are many speculations on why Terah took his family, left the Ur of the Chaldeans and headed for Canaan. In addition to this, He performs miracles, consuming with fire the offering placed before Him by Gideon, and the sacrifice prepared by Manoah, and ascending to haven in the flame of the burnt-offering (Judges 6:21; Judges 13:19-20). Paul chose Abraham as the finest example of a man who is justified before God by faith apart from works (Romans 4). God is not nearly so concerned with geography as He is with godliness. I would hope that our study of the initial period of his life indicates otherwise. Furthermore even though the call was to Abraham, God had stirred the heart of Terah to begin the journey to the very place he promised to Abraham so that when Terah died Abraham continued in God's divine will. 2. Why did God allow Lots daughters to later have sex with their father? 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. Even to Noah He revealed Himself before the flood as one who was present on the earth. Terah left the city of Ur probably for two reasons: 1. Wiki User 2012-12-08. The land, as we have already said, is implied in verse 1. Terah, their father, coordinated the gathering of his family to journey west to their destination ( Genesis 11:31 ). 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). I believe it. l. 1. v. 105. As Stephen stood before his unbelieving Jewish brethren, he recounted the history of Gods chosen people, beginning with the call of Abraham: And he said, Hear me, brethren and fathers! we get two critically different instances in which God told Abe to go to Canaan without his father's household. The Redeemer was to come from the seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15), then from the descendants of Seth, then Noah, and now Abraham (Genesis 12:2-3). d. What we do know, is that Terah NEVER LEFT Haran but died when the blessings were there . But whilst, regarded in this light, the continuity of the divine revelation was guaranteed, as well as the plan of human development established in the creation itself, the call of Abram introduced so far the commencement of a new period, that to carry out the designs of God their very foundations required to be renewed. Scripture intended to present us here, through the symbolic conquest of Abram, with a kind of forecast of what would happen to his descendants later. Cassuto, Genesis, II, pp. For some reason, Terah and his family stopped short of Canaan, and remained in Haran. First, the emphasis of Hebrews 11 is on faith. Who the messenger or angel of Jehovah was, must be determined in each particular instance from the connection of the passage; and where the context furnishes no criterion, it must remain undecided. What a thrill that must have been for the people of Moses day to read this promise and realize that the time for possession had come. It is shrouded in mystery to Jewish scholars as to why Terah began the journey and as to why the journey ended prematurely. Terah wanted to leave Ur because he was afraid a war would start. Hence, they all abode in Haran for the remainder of the five years from the date of Abram's call to leave his native land. Rather, your question should be: why did Abraham leave Haran. Exodus 13:21. Ultimately, the whole world was blessed by the coming of the Messiah, who came to save men of every nation, not just the Jews: Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith that are sons of Abraham. Did God give an oath to Isaac as alluded in Psalms 105:8-10? Little wonder that men like Peter and not Paul, are our heroes, for we can see ourselves in them. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his God told Abram to leave without knowing where the path of obedience would lead, but believing that God was leading as he went. 305-306. Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! A priest implies a considerable body of true worshippers scattered over the country. There is no conflict here, since Haran was a CITY in the REGION known as Mesopotamia. On the other hand, He appeared to Moses (Exodus 3:2) in a flame of fire, speaking to him from the burning bush, and to the people of Israel in a pillar of cloud and fire (Exodus 14:19, cf. Are there conventions to indicate a new item in a list? He believes that the land is thus divided into three regions: one extending from the northern border to Shechem, the second from Shechem as far as Bethel, and the third from Bethel to the southern boundary.136. Did Terah go to Canaan because God spoke to Abram?". Having called Abram, it was God Who providentially brought Abram to the point of leaving home and homeland and entering Canaan. Abraham was 75 years old when his father, Terah, passed away at 205 years of age as indicated in the book of Genesis. Consequently such passages as Psalm 34:7; Psalm 35:5-6, etc., where the angel of Jehovah is not more particularly described, or Numbers 20:16, where the general term angel is intentionally employed, or Acts 7:30; Galatians 3:19, and Hebrews 2:2, where the words are general and indefinite, furnish no evidence that the Angel of Jehovah, who proclaimed Himself in His appearances as one with God, was not in reality equal with God, unless we are to adopt as the rule for interpreting Scripture the inverted principle, that clear and definite statements are to be explained by those that are indefinite and obscure. 32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran. "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance. Such will be the case as we can look back upon our lives from the vantage point of time. This points to the fact that Ur may have been one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the Tigris-Euphrates area when Abraham emigrated northward to Haran. Schultz, Abraham, ZPEB, I, p. 22. Once in the land of Canaan, the route taken by Abram is noteworthy. The appearances of the angel of Jehovah (or Elohim) cannot have been essentially different from those of Jehovah (or Elohim) Himself; for Jacob describes the appearances of Jehovah at Bethel (Genesis 28:13.) This is knowable to us by putting together five sources: 1: The very few Biblical references to the idolatry that Terah's household had practiced (ex: Joshua 24:2; Genesis 31:53b). 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. 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 first time that God told this to Abe, it was God's way of provoking Abe to "get real" about Terah's idolatry. 58-64. Terah was just too old, by that time, to actually make any life in Canaan, and might even have died from the long journey that would have been required to get all the way to Canaan. Without it we are inclined to think that the call of Abram came at Haran, rather than at Ur. 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). Besides, Abram and Sarai were no doubt especially dear to him, and he did not wish to lose their society. Terahs migration was partly perhaps a movement of a tribe of the Semites northwards (see Note on Genesis 11:28), made restless by the Elamites, who about this time overran Western Asia; but chiefly it had a religious motive: for Ur was the especial seat of the worship of the moon-god, Sin; and though Terah had not attained to the purity of Abrahams faith, yet neither was he altogether an idolater. Later he was instructed to go up to Bethel (35:1; cf. Abram would have been on social security for over ten years. Jacob, after his return from Paddan-aram, came first to Shechem (33:18). Thirdly, the Angel of Jehovah is also identified with Jehovah by the sacred writers themselves, who call the Angel Jehovah without the least reserve (cf. God called him in Ur, but Abram did not leave his fathers house or his relatives. Romans 9:6-13). 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. Pharsal. The writer wished to stress here the positive aspects of the Christians walk, not his failures. One year? Historians share that the father of Serug was Reu. This seems to be upheld by Scripture: "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and served other gods'" (Josh 24:2). At Babel men chose to disregard the command of God to disperse and populate the earth. But the opinion of the early Church has been vindicated most thoroughly by Hengstenberg in his Christology.). Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. Many reach to Charran, and yet fall short of Canaan; they are not far from the kingdom of God, and yet never come thither. How unlike mans ways are from Gods. This was God's first direct test of Abe, and Abe passed with flying colors. In Genesis chapter 11, we are told that Terah, his son Abram, his grandson Lot and his daughter-in-law Sarai left their hometown called the Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the Land of Canaan. "A faith, which laid hold of the word of promise, and on the strength of that word gave up the visible and present for the invisible and future, was the fundamental characteristic of the patriarchs" (Delitzsch). The Hebrew word for "served" can also mean to "work," hence the tradition that Terah was a craftsman who made idols. and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; that is, as Jarchi interprets it, Terah and Abram went forth with Lot and Sarai, or "with them" may mean with Nahor and Milcah: for Josephus (h) says, that all went into Charan of Mesopotamia, the whole family of Terah; and the Arabic historian (i) is express for it,"Terah went out from Chorasan, and with him Abram, Nahor, Lot, his children, and their wives, and he went to Charan, where he dwelt:''and it is certain, if Nahor and his wife did not set out with them, they followed them afterwards, for Haran was the city of Nahor, where his family in later times dwelt, see Genesis 14:10 what moved Terah to depart from Ur of the Chaldees seems to be the call of God to Abram, which, though after related, was previous to this; and he acquainting his father Terah with it, he listened to it, being now convinced of his idolatry and converted from it, and readily obeyed the divine will; and being the father of Abram, is represented as the head of the family, as he was, and their leader in this transaction; who encouraged their departure from the idolatrous country in which they were, and set out with them to seek another, where they might more freely and safely worship the true God. While not all Bible students agree on the location of Ur,129 most agree that it is the Ur of southern Mesopotamia, on what used to be the coast of the Persian Gulf. The dispersion of the descendants of the sons of Noah, who had now grown into numerous families, was necessarily followed on the one hand by the rise of a variety of nations, differing in language, manners, and customs, and more and more estranged from one another; and on the other by the expansion of the germs of idolatry, contained in the different attitudes of these nations towards God, into the polytheistic religions of heathenism, in which the glory of the immortal God was changed into an image made like to mortal man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things (Romans 1:23 cf. The first eleven chapters have often been called primeval history. The last chapters are known as patriarchal history. While the effect of mans sin has become increasingly widespread, the fulfillment of the promise of God in Genesis 3:15 has become more selective. 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. 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). (r) Cartwright's Preacher's Travels, p. 14, 15. In Genesis 11, we read that Terah came from Ur of the Chaldeans. Map of Ancient Mesoptomia (Courtesy israel-a-history-of.com). 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. They lived in a city called Ur . Terah, Abraham's father, was grieving for his son Haran. Accordingly, the name of the true God was known and revered, at least in outward form, wherever Abram went, throughout the land. Therefore, the failures are not mentioned. To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. 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. Abraham received only one call (Genesis 12:1). We are not inclined to be impressed with Abrams age because of the length of mens lives in olden times, but Genesis chapter 11 informs us that mans longevity was much greater in times past, than in Abrams day. Terah may have told Abraham why he was leaving Ur and why he decided to settle in Haran. 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. The heroes of the Bible are men with like passions (James 5:17) and feet of clay. Over 40 Old Testament references are made to Abraham. 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. Answer: Family Origin and Early History. Do you know that after Abram entered the land of Canaan it was another 25 years until he had his son, Isaac? Abram told his father that Yahweh had instructed them to leave. Though proceeding by easy stages, the aged patriarch seems to have been exhausted by the length and the difficulty of the way. The beginning of Genesis 12:1 indicate that the call had already been given and the response was only now being recorded. Ur was a large and prosperous city-state in Mesopotamia (present-day southern Iraq). If so, when God spoke to Abraham, Abraham would remember that God had spoken to his father, Terah, which would make it more imperative for Abraham. 2. 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.)<. That settles it. The preacher said it could be said even shorter. This explanation of the order of events is confirmed by the statement of Stephen: "The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran. Do you realize that it was probably years from the time Abram was called in Ur until he ended up in Canaan. Three major promises are contained in verses 2 and 3: a land; a seed; and a blessing. If His Word is not true and reliable, then we, of all men, are most miserable.. 176. by Ray. - Terah takes the lead in this emigration, as the patriarch of the family. 129 Cyrus Gordon has suggested that the true Ur of Genesis 11:31 is to be found in northern Mesopotamia, probably northeast of Haran. Technically, the covenant with Abram is not found in chapter 12, but in chapters 15 (verse 18) and 17 (verses 2,4,7,9,10,11,13,14,19,21) where the word covenant appears. 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. The pluperfect tense (had said) is both grammatically legitimate and exegetically necessary. The early Church regarded Him as the Logos, the second person of the Deity; and only a few of the fathers, such as Augustine and Jerome, thought of a created angel (vid., Hengstenberg, Christol. It is probable that the revelation Abram had received from heaven was the means of removing this cloud from his mind, and restoring in him the knowledge and worship of the true God. 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. God said it, and that settles it, whether you believe it or not. I like that. 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. When Sarah died, he had to buy a portion of the land for a burial site (23:3ff.). Why did Terah leave the city of Ur? 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. 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. 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