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Further along, concerning the end of Terah's life, the Bible says:{{Bible quote|And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.|book=Genesis|chap=11|verses=32|version=KJV}} | Further along, concerning the end of Terah's life, the Bible says:{{Bible quote|And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.|book=Genesis|chap=11|verses=32|version=KJV}} | ||
Immediately thereafter, the Bible details this event in Abraham's life:{{Bible quote|So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.|book=Genesis|chap=12|verses=4|version=KJV}} | Immediately thereafter, the Bible details this event in Abraham's life:{{Bible quote|So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.|book=Genesis|chap=12|verses=4|version=KJV}} | ||
The Hillel camp assumes that Abraham was born when Terah was seventy years old. But the Ussher camp asserts that the Bible shows Abraham leaving the Haran country ''after'' Terah was dead at the age of 205--which would make Terah 130 years old when Abraham was born. They explain the 60-year discrepancy by holding that [[ | The Hillel camp assumes that Abraham was born when Terah was seventy years old. But the Ussher camp asserts that the Bible shows Abraham leaving the Haran country ''after'' Terah was dead at the age of 205--which would make Terah 130 years old when Abraham was born. They explain the 60-year discrepancy by holding that [[Nahor]] or [[Haran]] was born when Terah was 70 years old, and Abraham was born much later. | ||
As has been said [[Anno Mundi# Date of creation in The Annals of the World|elsewhere]], Ussher's sole warrant for assuming this later date for Abraham's birth was the placement of the description of Abraham's departure after the account of Terah's death. He assumed that the Bible listed events in the order in which they took place. Modern Ussherites, among them Larry Pierce, assume the same. | As has been said [[Anno Mundi# Date of creation in The Annals of the World|elsewhere]], Ussher's sole warrant for assuming this later date for Abraham's birth was the placement of the description of Abraham's departure after the account of Terah's death. He assumed that the Bible listed events in the order in which they took place. Modern Ussherites, among them Larry Pierce, assume the same. | ||
