27. לוט lôṭ — Lot, “veil;” verb: “cover.”
28. אוּר 'ûr — Ur, “light, flame.” כשׂדים …

The days of Terah. —See note on Genesis 11:26. According to the Samaritan text, Abram left Haran in the same year that Terah died.…

And the days of Terah were two hundred years
His days are summed up as none of the rest are in this genealogy, that …

Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who …