#terah

At the age of 60, Tellah is one of the oldest playable characters in FF series, plus first one to wear glasses. His physical stats (except for HP) actually decrease as he levels up, due to him getting older.

He was probably named after the Biblical Terah – father of Abraham and grandfather of Lot. The name is used in Hebrew as a slang for old man.

How Old Was Abraham When He Left Haran?

By Bible Researcher Eli Kittim 🎓

The Apparent Contradiction

There’s a seeming contradiction in the Bible concerning Abraham’s age when he left Haran. The apparent contradiction is as follows. If Terah died when he was 205 years old, but fathered Abram when he was 70, then Abram must have been 135 years old when his father Terah died (as Gen. 11.26, 32 suggest), not 75, as Gen. 12.4 indicates. For the story to work without any discrepancies, Terah would literally have to be 130 years old when he fathered Abram. But it seemed as if he were only 70 years old. Hence the apparent contradiction. Below are the relevant citations that appear to contradict each other.

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Genesis 12.4 (ESV):

So Abram went, as the LORD had told him,

and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-

five years old when he departed from

Haran.

Acts 7.2:

And Stephen said: ‘Brothers and fathers,

hear me. The God of glory appeared to our

father Abraham when he was in

Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.’

Acts 7.4:

Then he went out from the land of the

Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his

father died, God removed him from there

into this land in which you are now living.

Genesis 11.26:

When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered

Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11.32:

The days of Terah were 205 years, and

Terah died in Haran.

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Apologetic Exegesis

The key passage is Gen. 11.26. The Hebrew text doesn’t explicitly say that *when* Terah was 70 years old he begat Abram. Rather, it puts it thusly (Gen. 11.26 KJV):

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat

Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Nowhere is it explicitly mentioned that Terah had all 3 children when he was 70 years old. Nor is there any direct evidence that these children were triplets, or that they were born on the exact same date, month, or year. The verse in Gen. 11.26 merely indicates that after Terah reached a certain age——namely, 70 years old——he began to father children. But exactly when these children were actually born is unknown. The only thing that’s clear from Gen. 11.26 is that they were born after Terah had reached a certain age.

It’s quite possible, for example, that some of his children could have been born when Terah was 130 years old. Nothing in the text would contradict the timing of such a birth. As long as Terah fathered at least one child after he was 70, the rest could have been born anytime between Terah’s 70th and 205th birthday.

The order in which the names of Terah’s sons are listed may not reflect the precise chronological order in which the children were actually born. The text is simply indicating their order of importance. Given that Abram is a key figure in the Old Testament and the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, he’s obviously mentioned first:

there is yet a question whether Abram was

born first as listed, or perhaps he is listed

first because he was the wisest similar to

Shem, Ham, and Jafeth where Shem was

not the oldest, but was the wisest. … the

Talmud leaves the above question open.

(Wikipedia)

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Conclusion

Actually, Abram could have been 75 years old when he left Haran, as the text indicates (Gen. 12.4). And maybe he did leave Haran “after his father died” (Acts 7.4) at the age of 205 (Gen. 11.32). There is no contradiction with regard to the dates. The assumed contradiction is actually based on fallacious reasoning and speculation. It’s based on an eisegesis, that is, a misinterpretation of the text. Readers often assume that the text is telling us that Abram was born *when* Terah was 70 years old. But that’s a conjecture. The text doesn’t say that at all. All the text says is that once Terah reached a certain age, he began fathering sons. But exactly when each and every son was born is unknown.

Terah: What. What in the name of Nanna happened here?

Abraham: See, this lady came by with an offering, and the idols started arguing who would get it, and then they got into a fight, and the biggest one won, as you can see. 

Terah: That is the biggest load of crap I ever heard. 

Abraham: Why?

Terah: Well, for one thing, it’s physically impossible!

Abraham: Really? If they’re gods can’t they do whatever they want?

“You want to go where?”

The two of them were seated close together on the large arm chair, Selise tucked into the corner, her legs draped over his.

He did not repeat the name of the location. “It wouldn’t be the first time and it may prove even more informative now.”

She squinted at the inference. "Funny how when it’s my idea it’s ‘dangerous’ and when it’s your idea it’s ‘informative’.”

“It never stopped being dangerous, but it’s beginning to seem necessary.”

She shifted in her seat.

“Sel.”

The gentle tone of voice did more to keep her next to him than the fingers that interlaced with hers.

“I-I can’t. It’s too much. Patients, the refugees, the finances, the...other legal matters. I can’t put more on Chery.”

“She seems to be handling things adeptly. What’s that doctor’s name, Fairweather? How long did you watch his patients for him?”

“Fairhurst…”

Nick rose a brow at her.

“Six weeks, but,” she continued quickly, “I don’t even know if he’s still practicing.”

“There must be a doctor you trust.”

The old man came to mind, but she didn’t know if she could face Splint. An intense anger flared up in her briefly at the thought, followed by a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.

“I don’t want to go anywhere.”

A moment of silence lingered between the two of them before he broke it.

“You haven’t taken a day since your friend passed. You did this when your mother passed, when we first met. Speaking as someone who was also close to wits end at that time, you should take a break.”

He wasn’t wrong. The night Drahs left her office had resulted in her shut up in one of her exam rooms with the bottle of Dalaran Red that Risri had gifted her for Winter’s Veil. Reading Drahs' letter a few days later had ripped the wound back open. Sleep hadn’t come easy. She was simply going through the motions.

“I wouldn’t call going into a void infested desert a relaxing vacation.” She muttered.

“The Tol’vir settlement is so far untouched and well defended. You could talk to them about your research.”

“While you go off alone? You might not hear the void now, but you will if we go that close. We both will. And Terah…”

"Is getting worse."

Selise winced and looked off across the apartment. Terah had been scarce and when she did come out, she was frightened and her form unstable. There was no sign of hostile magic here, but Sel had heard the gossip flying through the city streets. Hallucinations, speaking in tongues, whispers, people going missing, shadows…

Was it happening again?

"I'll go, but I need a couple days." The possibility of a repeated outbreak was all too real. She rested her head on Nick's shoulder, hearing his response, but not processing the words as her eyes closed.

“I want to see!”

Terah manifested directly in the middle of where Nicholas and Selise were standing in the kitchen, both leaning against the counter and waiting for the kettle to go off. Selise chuckled and moved her hand off the counter so that the ring was closer to Terah’s height. The band had a wood grain pattern, made of a mix of gold and rose gold with a diamond set flush into the metal. “Haven’t you seen this already? Afterall, I heard this was all your idea.” The young draenei took one look at the ring and then directed her attention to Nick. “So you’re married?”

“Not yet-” The words were out of Selise’s mouth before she realized the error of her ways. “You said you were going to fix it.” Terah made a display of heavily crossing her arms at Nick and dramatically drawing out her next words. “You took forever.”

He gave Selise a look at her muffled snickering. “You get engaged before you get married.”

“At least humans do. We’re not sure what Draenei do.” Selise added as she pulled down two mugs.

“For how long?”

The two of them exchanged a look. 

“It’s different for everyone-”

“How long for you?”

The whistle on the kettle started to build into a very persistent tone. Selise jumped at the chance to handle the tea instead of the interrogation, though her expression made it clear that she was still highly amused. She handed a filled mug over to Nick.

“You never answered me about your feelings regarding traditions,” he said.

Selise shook her head. “I would prefer something low key. Unless you want otherwise…”

“Oh, I don’t know. Your brother’s girlfriend could set us up with a nice publication to host something right in the middle of the Cathedral District.”

“Remember what you said about me coming to my senses?”

He grinned and slipped an arm around her waist. “Whatever you’d like, luv.”

Selise replied by placing a kiss on his cheek.

“Moooom.” 

“Trust me, Terah, you will be the first to know.”

Furniture had been cleared away from the space in front of the window and replaced with pillows and blankets strewn across the floor. Selise sat cross-legged next to Nick among the mess, a smile on her face as she watched Terah glued to the glass.

The explosions from the harbor sounded like they were just across the street, but their colored lights shot up in the distance before raining down towards the district. An angry chittering noise came from Mango, who was hidden up in his perch, before the sound was drowned out by a raucous set of launches marking the clock striking midnight.