(1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham. Terah or Térach (תֶּרַח / תָּרַח Wanderer; loiterer, Standard Hebrew Téraḥ / Táraḥ, Tiberian Hebrew Téraḥ / Tāraḥ) was the father of Abraham mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. ... Abraham (אַבְרָהָם Father/Leader of many, Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇrāhām; Arabic ابراهيم Ibrāhīm) is the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ...

(2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham. He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and lived in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran. He was the father of Bethuel and his grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac's wife. His great-grand-daughters and Rebekah's nieces Rachel and Leah became Jacob's wives. In the Old Testament, Haran is a son of Terah, younger brother of Abram and Nahor, and father of Milcah, Lot and Iscah (or Yiskah). ... Boat on the Shatt-al-Arab The Euphrates (the traditional Greek name for the river, which is in Old Persian Ufrat, Aramaic Prâth/Frot, in Arabic Al-Furat الفرات, in Turkish Fırat and in ancient Assyrian language Pu-rat-tu) is the westernmost of the two great rivers that define... Rebekah or Rivka (רִבְקָה Noose, Standard Hebrew Rivqa, Tiberian Hebrew Riḇqāh) was a biblical matriarch and the wife of Isaac. ... Isaac or Yitzhak (יִצְחָק He will laugh. ... For the 19th-century French actress, see Rachel (actress). ... In the Book of Genesis, Leah (לֵאָה Weary; tired, Standard Hebrew Leʾa, Tiberian Hebrew Lēʾāh) is the first wife of Jacob. ... Jacob Wrestling with the Angel – Gustave Doré, 1855 Jacob or Yaakov, (יַעֲקֹב Holder of the heel, Standard Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic يعقوب Yaʿqūb), later known as Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל Prince with God, Standard Hebrew Yisraʾel, Tiberian Hebrew Yiśrāʾēl; Arabic اسرائيل Isrāʾīl) is a biblical patriarch. ...