Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 11:31

31. And Terah took Abram his Son, and Lot the Son of Haran, his sons son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his Son Abrams wife, and they went forth with them from Ur of the Caldees, to go into the Land of Canaan: and they came unto Haran , and dwelt there.

See Ios. 24. 2. Nehem. 9. 7. 1 Chron. 1. 26. Being informed by his Son of the command of God, he did not despise it, because it came to him by the hands of his inferiour, but chearfully obeyeth it; and therefore he is so honourably mentioned as the▪ Head and Governour of the Action.

(i. e.) Terab and Abram went with Lot and Sar[illegible: 1+ letters]i, as their Heads and Guides.

Called Charran, Act. 7. 4. and by the Romans Carrae, a place in Mesopotamia, strictly so called in the way to Canaan, and near to it, well known by Crassus his defeat there. See Gen. 24. 10. and 28. 10. and 29. 4.

Or, rested or abode, being detained there for a season; peradventure by Terab's disease, which begun there, for the next verse tells us of his death.

Marginal references: Neh. 9. 7. Act. 7. 4.