And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Terah lived two hundred and five years and died in Haran. The patriarchs before the Flood generally lived nearly a thousand years, so his much shorter span illustrates the decline in human longevity after the Flood. The nine generations before the Flood averaged 912 years of life. The nine generations after the Flood averaged 332 years of life, with Terah's 205 years contributing to that average.
Taken together with Genesis 5, the record evidences the decline in human lifespans after the Flood, showing the woeful physical deterioration of mankind. That decrease did not stop with Terah's generation but continued down to seventy years in Moses' time and to about thirty-five years at present.
Terah lived two hundred and five years and died in Haran. The patriarchs before the Flood generally lived nearly a thousand years, so his much shorter span illustrates the decline in human longevity after the Flood. The nine generations before the Flood averaged 912 years of life. The nine generations after the Flood averaged 332 years of life, with Terah's 205 years contributing to that average.
Taken together with Genesis 5, the record evidences the decline in human lifespans after the Flood, showing the woeful physical deterioration of mankind. That decrease did not stop with Terah's generation but continued down to seventy years in Moses' time and to about thirty-five years at present.