John Gill Commentary Genesis 11:32

"And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran." — Genesis 11:32 (ASV)

And the days of Terah were two hundred years
His days are summed up as none of the rest are in this genealogy, that it might be observed; his death being the time of Abram's leaving Chaldea and coming into the land of Canaan, given to him and his seed for an inheritance; see (Acts 7:4Acts 7:5) and Terah died in Haran :
the Arabic historian ^F19 says, he died in Haran in the month Elul, in the year of his age two hundred and sixty five; but he gives him sixty years too many: a Jewish chronologer ^F20 says he died in the thirty fifth year of Isaac. Perhaps he gave the name to this place, where he dwelt a while, in memory of his son Haran, which before might be called by another name, Padanaram, as it seems to be called even after this; see (Genesis 24:10) (25:20) (Genesis 28:2Genesis 28:5Genesis 28:10) (Genesis 29:4Genesis 29:5) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F19: Elmaaciuns, ut supra. (p. 31. apud Hottinger. p. 282.)
• F20: R. Gedaliah, Shalshalet, fol. 2. 1.