Nahor, son of Serug
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![]() Nahor, from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum" | |
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Died | unknown |
Children | Terah, and other sons and daughters |
Parent(s) | Serug |
Nahor (Hebrew: נָחוֹר – Nāḥōr; Greek: Ναχώρ – Nakhṓr) is the son of Serug according to the Hebrew Bible in Genesis Chapter 11.[v.22] He is said to have lived to the age of 148[1] years old [v.24,25] and had a son, Terah at the age of 29.[2][v.24] He was also the grandfather of Abraham, Nahor II and Haran, all descendants of Shem.[v.10,25-27][3]
Family tree[]
Serug | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nahor son of Serug | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Terah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sarah[4] | Abraham | Hagar | Haran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nahor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ishmael | Milcah | Lot | Iscah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ishmaelites | 7 sons[5] | Bethuel | 1st daughter | 2nd daughter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Isaac | Rebecca | Laban | Moabites | Ammonites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esau | Jacob | Rachel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilhah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edomites | Zilpah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. Reuben 2. Simeon 3. Levi 4. Judah 9. Issachar 10. Zebulun Dinah (daughter) | 7. Gad 8. Asher | 5. Dan 6. Naphtali | 11. Joseph 12. Benjamin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ 148 according to the Masoretic Text; 208 or 304 according to the Septuagint. Larsson, Gerhard. “The Chronology of the Pentateuch: A Comparison of the MT and LXX.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 102, no. 3, 1983, p. 403. www.jstor.org/stable/3261014.
- ^ 29 according to the Masoretic Text; 79 or 179 according to the Septuagint. Larsson, Gerhard. “The Chronology of the Pentateuch: A Comparison of the MT and LXX.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 102, no. 3, 1983, p. 403. www.jstor.org/stable/3261014.
- ^ 1 Chr.1:4,26,27
- ^ Sarah was the half–sister of Abraham (Genesis 20:12). An alternative tradition holds that she was Abraham's niece (see Sarah#In rabbinic literature).
- ^ Genesis 22:21-22: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph
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