Terah took. Terah being 200 and Abram 70. Compare Genesis 15:7; Joshua 24:3.Nehemiah 9:7; Acts 7:2-4.Hebrews 11:8.
daughter in law. daughter by another wife. See App-29.
they. Others beside those named. Compare Genesis 24:10; Genesis 24:15; Genesis 29:10.
Ur. a city of great pretensions. Recent excavations show luxury and attainments. Abraham no nomad. See note on Genesis 11:28.
Haran. Not the Haran of Genesis 11:26 above; but Charran (Acts 7:2; Acts 7:4), the frontier town of Babylonian Empire, devoted to the worship of the Moon-god.
dwelt. Till he died (Genesis 11:32).