Terah
   the wanderer; loiterer, for some unknown reason emigrated with
   his family from his native mountains in the north to the plains
   of Mesopotamia. He had three sons, Haran, Nahor, and Abraham,
   and one daughter, Sarah. He settled in "Ur of the Chaldees,"
   where his son Haran died, leaving behind him his son Lot. Nahor
   settled at Haran, a place on the way to Ur. Terah afterwards
   migrated with Abraham (probably his youngest son) and Lot (his
   grandson), together with their families, from Ur, intending to
   go with them to Canaan; but he tarried at Haran, where he spent
   the remainder of his days, and died at the age of two hundred
   and five years (Gen. 11:24-32; Josh. 24:2). What a wonderful
   part the descendants of this Chaldean shepherd have played in
   the history of the world!

	

	Terah, to breathe; scent; blow