How old was Abraham when he left Haram for the Promised Land?

Genesis 11:26, "After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran."

Genesis 11:32, "Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran."

Genesis 12:4, "So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran."

Acts 7:4, "So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living."

Genesis 12:4 plainly states that Abraham was seventy-five years old when he left Haran, however, according to calculations based on Genesis chapter 11 and Acts 7:4, he may have been over 135.


        "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)
        "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)

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