1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Joshua 24:2

And he spoke thus to the people: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, *Thare, the father of Abraham, and Nachor: and they served strange gods.

Genesis 11:26.

Of the river. The Euphrates. (Challoner) --- Gods. Some think that Abraham himself was in his youth engaged in the worship of idols, (though this is denied by St. Augustine, City of God 16:13.; Theodoret, q. 18.; etc.; Worthington) as well as his father, etc., ver. 14., and Genesis 11:31. Thare was the father of both Abraham and Nachor, (Genesis 11:26,) unless (Haydock) the grandfather (Menochius) of Abraham be meant, who was also called Nachor, (Haydock) as well as Rebecca's grandfather, Genesis xxiv. (Worthington)