וַיִּהְי֣וּ יְמֵי תֶ֔רַח חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּ֥מָת תֶּ֖רַח בְּחָרָֽן
The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
World English Bible · Public Domain
Genesis 11:32
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Genesis 11:32 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the days of Terah were 205 years, then Terah died in Haran.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
So the dayes of Terah were two hundreth and fiue yeeres, and Terah died in Haran.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And the days of Thare were tow hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dies in Haran.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Terah lived 205 years and then died in Haran.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the days of Terah were 205 years, then Terah died in Haran.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
Terah lived for 205 years and died in Haran.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
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בְּחָרָֽן
Chârân
H2771
“in/at · Haran”
Preposition + Noun, Proper
- Appears 12× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Genesis 11:31
- Part of Speech
- Preposition + Noun
- Type
- Proper
Full BDB Definition
Haran = "mountaineer"
- a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah (noun proper masculine)
- the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates (noun proper locative)
- וַיִּהְי֣וּ hâyâh H1961 “and · to be” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
- יְמֵי yôwm H3117 “days of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
- תֶ֔רַח Terach H8646 “Terah” Noun, Proper
- חָמֵ֥שׁ châmêsh H2568 “five” Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- שָׁנִ֖ים shâneh H8141 “years” Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute
- וּמָאתַ֣יִם mêʼâh H3967 “and · hundred” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Dual, Absolute
- שָׁנָ֑ה shâneh H8141 “year” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- וַיָּ֥מָת mûwth H4191 “and · to die” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- תֶּ֖רַח Terach H8646 “Terah” Noun, Proper
- בְּחָרָֽן Chârân H2771 “in/at · Haran” Preposition + Noun, Proper
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 10
- words
- 8
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is בְּחָרָֽן Haran H2771 — appearing just 12 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
בְּחָרָֽן Haran H2771 occurs in 11 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 2 verbs
- 6 nouns
- 2 adjectives
Verb forms
- וַיִּהְי֣וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
- וַיָּ֥מָת Qal · Sequential Imperfect
Repetition
Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 13 words from the Hebrew and 22 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer here. See the side-by-side →
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 10 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
Here the Septuagint runs noticeably longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 22 words vs World English Bible 13. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
καί γίγνομαι ὁ ἡμέρα θαρα ἐν χαρραν διακόσιοι πέντε ἔτος καί ἀποθνήσκω θαρα ἐν χαρραν
And all the days of Tharrha in the land of Charrhan were two hundred and five years, and Tharrha died in Charrhan.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
On this verse, The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וַהֲווֹ יוֹמֵי תֶרַח מָאָתן וַחֲמֵשׁ שְׁנִין וּמִית תֶּרַח בְּחָרָן
And the days of Terach were two hundred and five years, and Terach died in Charan.
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וַהֲווֹ יוֹמֵי תֶּרַח מָאתָן וַחֲמֵשׁ שְׁנִין וּמִית תֶּרַח בְּחָרָן
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Genesis, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 10 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Chârân (“Haran”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word Chârân carries the sense “Haran.” How does it shape the verse?
- How does Genesis 11:31, which shares the word «Haran», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “Terah” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- The Septuagint runs longer here than the Hebrew. What might account for the difference?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- «וַיִּהְי֣וּ» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
- Compare how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and Trapp's Complete Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- This verse counts 10 Hebrew ↔ 15 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 4 words in this verse.
- “Terah” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 10 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Genesis 11:32 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.
Ramban (Nachmanides)
Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Ramban / Nachmanides)
Ramban (Nachmanides) on the Tanakh — English translation: “Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.
Radak
Rabbi David Kimhi (Radak)
Radak on the Tanakh — English translations: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash” (CC BY 4.0); “Rabbi Mike Feuer, Jerusalem Anthology” (CC BY 4.0); and “R. David Kimhi on the first book of Psalms, Translated by R.G. Finch, London, 1919” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.