Nahor
Son of Terah, Abraham's brother; father of Bethuel.
A written article for Nahor is still to come. Below and alongside: where Nahor appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.
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2200 BC1700 BC
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Nahor2056 BC to 1739 BC
Original word
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נָחוֹר nahor, nahors, nachorH5152
Citations
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Where Nahor appears in Scripture
וַיְחִי שְׂרוּג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-נָחֽוֹר׃
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
וַיְחִי שְׂרוּג אַֽחֲרֵי הֽוֹלִידוֹ אֶת-נָחוֹר מָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַיְחִי נָחוֹר תֵּשַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-תָּֽרַח׃
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
וַיְחִי נָחוֹר אַֽחֲרֵי הֽוֹלִידוֹ אֶת-תֶּרַח תְּשַֽׁע-עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
וַֽיְחִי-תֶרַח שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-אַבְרָם אֶת-נָחוֹר וְאֶת-הָרָֽן׃
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
וְאֵלֶּה תּֽוֹלְדֹת תֶּרַח תֶּרַח הוֹלִיד אֶת-אַבְרָם אֶת-נָחוֹר וְאֶת-הָרָן וְהָרָן הוֹלִיד אֶת-לֽוֹט׃
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחוֹר לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת-אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵֽשֶׁת-נָחוֹר מִלְכָּה בַּת-הָרָן אֲבִֽי-מִלְכָּה וַֽאֲבִי יִסְכָּֽה׃
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
וַיְהִי אַֽחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֻּגַּד לְאַבְרָהָם לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה יָֽלְדָה מִלְכָּה גַם-הִוא בָּנִים לְנָחוֹר אָחִֽיךָ׃
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
וּבְתוּאֵל יָלַד אֶת-רִבְקָה שְׁמֹנָה אֵלֶּה יָֽלְדָה מִלְכָּה לְנָחוֹר אֲחִי אַבְרָהָֽם׃
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
וַיִּקַּח הָעֶבֶד עֲשָׂרָה גְמַלִּים מִגְּמַלֵּי אֲדֹנָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ וְכָל-טוּב אֲדֹנָיו בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל-אֲרַם נַֽהֲרַיִם אֶל-עִיר נָחֽוֹר׃
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
וַֽיְהִי-הוּא טֶרֶם כִּלָּה לְדַבֵּר וְהִנֵּה רִבְקָה יֹצֵאת אֲשֶׁר יֻלְּדָה לִבְתוּאֵל בֶּן-מִלְכָּה אֵשֶׁת נָחוֹר אֲחִי אַבְרָהָם וְכַדָּהּ עַל-שִׁכְמָֽהּ׃
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו בַּת-בְּתוּאֵל אָנֹכִי בֶּן-מִלְכָּה אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה לְנָחֽוֹר׃
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
וָֽאֶשְׁאַל אֹתָהּ וָֽאֹמַר בַּת-מִי אַתְּ וַתֹּאמֶר בַּת-בְּתוּאֵל בֶּן-נָחוֹר אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה-לּוֹ מִלְכָּה וָֽאָשִׂם הַנֶּזֶם עַל-אַפָּהּ וְהַצְּמִידִים עַל-יָדֶֽיהָ׃
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם הַיְדַעְתֶּם אֶת-לָבָן בֶּן-נָחוֹר וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ יָדָֽעְנוּ׃
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם וֵֽאלֹהֵי נָחוֹר יִשְׁפְּטוּ בֵינֵינוּ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבִיהֶם וַיִּשָּׁבַע יַֽעֲקֹב בְּפַחַד אָבִיו יִצְחָֽק׃
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל-כָּל-הָעָם כֹּֽה-אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר יָֽשְׁבוּ אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם מֵֽעוֹלָם תֶּרַח אֲבִי אַבְרָהָם וַֽאֲבִי נָחוֹר וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִֽים׃
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.