Terah

Terah תֶּרַח
Illustration of Terah with Latin text from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Born	Ur Kaśdim, Chaldea, Sumer (present-day southern Iraq)
Died	Haran (present-day southeastern Turkey)
Children	Abraham (son/son-in-law) Nahor (son/grandson-in-law) Haran (son) Sarah (daughter/daughter-in-law)
Parent(s)	Nahor ben Serug (father) 'Ijaska bat Nestag (mother, according to Book of Jubilees)[1]

Terah or Terach (Hebrew: תֶּרַח Teraḥ) is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis. He is listed as the son of Nahor and father of the patriarch Abraham. As such, he is a descendant of Shem's son Arpachshad. Terah is mentioned in Genesis 11:26–27, Book of Joshua 24:2, and 1 Chronicles 1:17–27 of the Hebrew Bible and Luke 3:34–36 in the New Testament.