Nahor, son of Serug

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Nahor, son of Serug
Nahor.jpg
Nahor, from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"
Born
Ur Kaśdim, Kaldea, Sumer
(present-day )
Diedunknown
ChildrenTerah, 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]AbrahamHagarHaran
Nahor
IshmaelMilcahLotIscah
Ishmaelites7 sons[5]Bethuel1st daughter2nd daughter
IsaacRebeccaLabanMoabitesAmmonites
EsauJacobRachel
Bilhah
EdomitesZilpah
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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 1 Chr.1:4,26,27
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ Genesis 22:21-22: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph


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