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NAHOR (Person)

1. Abraham’s grandfather (Gn 11:22-25; 1 Chr 1:26); also an ancestor of Jesus according to Luke’s genealogy (Lk 3:34, where some English translations follow the Greek spelling, Nachor). The Genesis and 1 Chronicles passages show that Nahor is from Shem’s line. Hence, Abraham and his descendants are part of the Semitic family of nations.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:22–25

OET-RV GEN 11:22

22 When Serug was thirty years old, he had a son named Nahor.

OET-RV GEN 11:23

23 After Nahor was born, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-RV GEN 11:24

24 When Nahor was twenty-nine years old, he had a son named Terah.

OET-RV GEN 11:25

25 After Terah was born, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-LV GEN 11:22

22 And_ Sərūg _he/it _lived thirty year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Nāḩōr.

OET-LV GEN 11:23

23 And_ Sərūg _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Nāḩōr two _hundred year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

OET-LV GEN 11:24

24 And_ Nāḩōr _he/it _lived nine and_twenty year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Teraḩ.

OET-LV GEN 11:25

25 And_ Nāḩōr _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Teraḩ nine- teen year[s] and_one _hundred year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:26

OET-RV CH1 1:26

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

OET-LV CH1 1:26

26 Sərūg Nāḩōr Teraḩ.

Show passage in OET: LUK 3:34

OET-RV LUK 3:34

34 the son of Ya’akov (Jacob), the son of Yitshak (Isaac), the son of Avraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

OET-LV LUK 3:34

34 the son of_Yakōb/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), the son of _Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq), the son of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), the son of _Thara/(Teraḩ), the son of _Naⱪōr/(Nāḩōr),

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2. Son of Terah and Abraham’s brother (Gn 11:26-29; Jos 24:2). He married Milcah, Haran’s daughter, and his family is named in Genesis 22:20-23. Abraham sent his servant to seek a wife for Isaac at Nahor’s residence in Mesopotamia (see Gn 24:10, which possibly suggests that the city itself was called Nahor). There he found Rebekah, Nahor’s granddaughter (Gn 24:1-51). Nahor is also named as the father (perhaps grandfather) of Laban, to whom Jacob went when he fled from his brother Esau (Gn 29:5). Both of these texts link Abraham’s family with related Semitic people. In Genesis 31:53 God is spoken of as “the God of Abraham and Nahor.”

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:26–29

OET-RV GEN 11:26

26 After Terah was seventy years old, he had sons whose names were Avram, Nahor, and Haran.

OET-RV GEN 11:27

27 This is the record of Terah’s descendants: Terah’s sons were Avram, Nahor, and Haran and Haran had a son named Lot.

OET-RV GEN 11:28

28 While his father was still alive, Haran died in the land where he was born, in the city of Ur where the Kasdim (Chaldeans) lived.

OET-RV GEN 11:29

29 Meanwhile Avram married Saray (Sarai) and Nahor married Milkah. (Milkah and her sister Yiskah were the daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.)

OET-LV GEN 11:26

26 And_ Teraḩ _he/it _lived seventy year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM ʼAⱱrām DOM Nāḩōr and_DOM Ḩārān.

OET-LV GEN 11:27

27 And_these are_the _accounts _of Teraḩ Teraḩ he _fathered DOM ʼAⱱrām DOM Nāḩōr and_DOM Ḩārān and_Ḩārān he _fathered DOM Lōţ.

OET-LV GEN 11:28

28 And_ Ḩārān _he/it _died on the _face _of Teraḩ his/its_father in_land his/its_descendants in_ʼŪr of_the_ones_from _Kasdiy.

OET-LV GEN 11:29

29 And_ ʼAⱱrām and_Nāḩōr _he/it _took to/for_them wives the _name _of the _wife _of ʼAⱱrām was_Sarai and_name _of the _wife _of Nāḩōr was_Milkāh the _daughter _of Ḩārān the _father _of Milkāh and_father _of Iscah.

Show passage in OET: JOS 24:2

OET-RV JOS 24:2

2 and Yehoshua told all the people, “Yahweh, the god of Yisrael says: Your ancestors including Terah the father of Avraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Perat (Euphrates) river from long ago, but they worshipped other gods.

OET-LV JOS 24:2

2 And_ Yəhōshūˊa _he/it _said to all _of the_people thus YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says on_the _other _side _of the_river they _dwelt ancestors _of_your(pl) from_long _ago/eternity Teraḩ the _father _of ʼAⱱrāhām and_father _of Nāḩōr and_they _served gods other.

Show passage in OET: GEN 22:20–23

OET-RV GEN 22:20

20 Some time later, Avraham heard the news, Look, your brother Nahor’s wife Milkah has also given birth to sons:

OET-RV GEN 22:21

21 Uts (Uz) his eldest son, and Buz his brother and Kemuel, the father of Aram,

OET-RV GEN 22:22

22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Yidlaf, and Betuel.”

OET-RV GEN 22:23

23 ⇔Those are the eight sons that Milkah gave birth to for Avraham’s brother Nahor, and Betuel went on to father Rivkah.

OET-LV GEN 22:20

20 And_he/it _was after the_things the_these and_it _was _told to_ʼAⱱrāhām to_say THERE Milkāh also she she _has _borne children to_Nāḩōr your(ms)_brother/kindred.

OET-LV GEN 22:21

21 DOM ˊŪʦ his/its_firstborn and_DOM Būz his/its_brother and_DOM Qəmū^ʼēl the _father _of ʼArām.

OET-LV GEN 22:22

22 And_DOM Kesed and_DOM Hazo and_DOM Pildash and_DOM Jidlaph and_DOM Bətū^ʼēl.

OET-LV GEN 22:23

23 And_Bətū^ʼēl he _fathered DOM Riⱱqāh eight_sons these Milkāh she _bore to_Nāḩōr the _brother _of ʼAⱱrāhām.

Show passage in OET: GEN 24:10

OET-RV GEN 24:10

10 Then the slave took ten of his master’s camels and loaded them with all kinds of good things from his master, and with his own slaves, he travelled to the city of Nahor in the Aram -Naharayim region.

OET-LV GEN 24:10

10 And_ the_servant _he/it _took ten camels from_the _camels _of his _master(s)_of_his and_he/it _went and_all (the)_good _thing _of his _master(s)_of_his in_his/its_hand and_he/it _rose _up and_he/it _went to ʼArām Nahₐrayim to the _city _of Nāḩōr.

Show passage in OET: GEN 29:5

OET-RV GEN 29:5

5 “Do you know Nahor’s grandson Lavan (Laban)?” Ya’akov asked.
¶ “Yes, we know him,” they replied.

OET-LV GEN 29:5

5 And_he/it _said to/for_them do_you(pl)_know DOM Lāⱱān the _son _of Nāḩōr and_they _said we _know_him.

Show passage in OET: GEN 31:53

OET-RV GEN 31:53

53 May Avraham’s god and the gods of their ancestor Nahor judge between us.” Then Ya’akov swore by the one respected by his father Yitshak (Isaac),

OET-LV GEN 31:53

53 The _god _of ʼAⱱrāhām and_the _god _of Nāḩōr may _they _judge between_us the _god _of their _father _of_their and_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he _swore by_the _fear _of his/its_father Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac).

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See also Nahor (Place).