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See Jos_24:2 Neh_9:7 1Ch_1:26. Being informed by his son of the command of God,
Terah did not despise it, because it came to him by the hands of his inferior, but cheerfully obeyeth it; and therefore he is so honourably mentioned as the head and governor of the action. Terah and Abram went with Lot and Sarai, as their heads and guides.
Haran is called Charran, Act_7:4, and by the Romans Carrae, a place in in Mesopotamia strictly so called, in the way to Canaan, and near to it, well known by Crassus’ defeat there: see Gen_24:10 28:10 29:4.
Dwelt there; or, rested or abode, being detained there for a season; peradventure by Terah’s disease, which begun there, for Gen_11:32 tells us of his death.