Genesis 11:26 (WEB)
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“From Noah to Abraham ten generations passed away, and from Abraham’s time to David’s, fourteen more, and these twenty-four generations make up, taken together, two thousand one hundred and seventeen years.” — editor's note: Gen. xi. 10–26.
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Tertullian
“The exuberance of the Scythians fertilizes the Persians; the Phœnicians gush out into Africa; the Phrygians give birth to the Romans; the seed of the Chaldeans is led out into Egypt; subsequently, when transferred thence, it becomes the Jewish race.” — editor's note: Comp. Gen. xi. 26–xii. 5 with Acts vii. 2–4, 15, 45, and xiii. 17–19.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“But the father of this Abraham is Thare, and of this Thare the father is Nachor, and of this Nachor the father is Serag, and of this Serag the father is Reu, and of this Reu the father is Peleg, and of this Pelegthe father is Heber.” — editor's note: That is, Tera (see Gen. xi. 26).
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.26.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.26.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.26.