Terah

Subject: Are You Your Brother’s Keeper? Genesis 11:26-32 11: 26-32 Tarah was seventy years old and he had three sons, Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. Haran dies in the land of Ur of the Chaldees. Abram married Sarai and Nahor married Milcah his brother Haran's daughter. The family left Ur and traveled Northwest along the Euphrates River Valley to Haran and then southwest toward Canaan this was the trade route to missing the Arabian Dessert which was very dangerous as it still is today. Proposition: Tarah was the head of the family even though God gave Abraham the vision he remained faithful to his father until his death, then he continued the mission God had given him. How many of you grew up with the head of the family being your grandfather and then your father but no decision overrode what your grandfather said. You see some of our four fathers followed the path of the Bible for that was all they knew, so the family fell in line with whatever the head of the family said for it was like the gospel. Introduction (Antithesis): Stories explain what natural words cannot, stories have power, they teach, motivate, and sometimes inspire the listeners. Jesus spoke in parables and sometimes told stories to his listeners. Genesis 13:5-13 Lot was traveling with Abram whom God had given the vision to, he also had sheep, goats, and cattle his own family and slaves he had grown rich like Abram. Their servants began to quarrel among each…

The awareness that Abram started his journey to Canaan with his wife Sarai and family alongside him seems to oppose verse 1 of chapter 12. In chapter 12:1, Abram leaves his father’s house to go to an unidentified land which is later identified in verse 5 as the land of Canaan and again later explained to Abram in verse 7. (Hebrew 11:8) If this was the case then the verses aren’t chronological order. The more realistic approach would have been to speak of the two stages of Abrams journey as the…

Abraham originally Abram is the first of the three patriarchs of Judaism, the other two are Isaac and Jacob. Abraham was born in Ur his father name was Terah and he was ninth in descent from Noah Abraham had two brothers Nahor, and Haran. Abraham married Sarai whose named was later charged to Sarah. Terah, Abraham, Sarah, and Lot who was Abraham’s nephew left Ur to go into the land of Canaan, but they came to Haran and lived there until Terah died. After Terah died God called Abraham and told…

Rachel, I enjoyed reading what you wrote about Maureen Dowd. Before starting this week’s assignment, I had not realized how many well known people had committed plagiarism. In the case of Ms. Dowd, it is disappointing to think that she would commit plagiarism whether it was intentional or not. I know strive to be very careful when reading and preparing to write a paper, that I cite all my sources. I remember one time of having to leave some wonderful information out of a paper because I…

Abram was called a “father is exalted” before God changed him to be called Abraham (Gen. 17:5 NKJV), “father of multitude”. Abraham was the son of Terah, a pagan idolater, who lived at Ur of the Chaldeans in Mesopotamia, no biblical evidence that showed that his ancestors were the true worshippers of God. Abraham was called by God to live his family, his father’s house, and all his relatives to go to the unknown world (Gen. 12: 1 NKJV); he obeyed willingly and without any hesitation. God made a…

stories of ancestors, heroes, origins of culture, and cities. The book of Genesis author, Moses, authorized, compiled, and edited the book. It is believed that he was provided with the skills to write the book from his Egyptian education and by being the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter. Moses had access to patriarchal family records which were preserved by being written on clay tablets. They were inspired after accounts of the events which occurred in the lives of Adam, Noah, Shem, and the…

While it’s not necessarily an event in world history, it’s definitely an impactful event for a linebacker on Apollo Junior High’s football team. Ashley Mathews, 13, has played football for her seventh and eighth grade years. She wanted to play football since sixth grade, she says when I ask her when she decided she was going to play. “Everyone told me I couldn’t play, so I wanted to prove them wrong.” Ashley said. “I had a meeting with the district manager of athletics and he sat me down and…

Known as a great portrayal of biblical faith, Abraham demonstrates unwavering trust and obedience to God throughout the latter part of his life. Faith is defined as, “A loving trust, calculated risk, and an ongoing process with seasons of darkness and doubt.” (Fairchild) Abraham chooses to follow God willingly and without hesitation in spite of the extremity of His instructions. The blessings God bestows upon Abraham are immeasurable compared to His commands. Look first at the early seed of…

The story of Abraham (Genesis 12-25), the father of faith, starts the ever-last redemption plan of God for humanity. Abraham, son of Terah, was born in Ur, Mesopotamia, Near East in 1812 B.C.E. which is one of the first civilization registered in human story. As Raphael Patai, Hungarian-Jewish ethnographer states in his article "Abraham." Tetah then moved to Canaan in the migrations due the barbaric invasion and domination. Migrations caused a weakening of culture on Mesopotamian tribes…

or even prenatal predicaments” (Feiler, pg. 25. HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.). Abraham is about seventy-five years old and can’t have children when he is introduced in the Bible (Feiler). Although, Abraham’s childhood is unknown in the Bible, it did not stop interpreters from making stories of his childhood. They ended up looking to the book of Joshua, which stated, “Long ago your ancestors— Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor— lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods. Then I took…