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Genealogy from Shem to Abram

Genesis 11:24

In 11 translations

BSB
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
KJV
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:Terah: Gr. Thara
WEB
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
ASV
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
LSV
And Nahor lives twenty-nine years [[or seventy-nine years]], and begets Terah.
YLT
And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.
DBY
And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
DRC
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
GNV
And Nahor liued nine and twentie yeeres, and begate Terah.
JPS
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.
LXXE
And Nachor lived a hundred and seventy-nine years, and begot Tharrha.Alex. 79 years.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְחִ֣י נָח֔וֹר תֵּ֥שַׁע וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־תָּֽרַח׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔζησε Ναχὼρ ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἑβδομηκονταεννέα, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Θάῤῥα.

Who and where

👤 Nahor (father of Terah)👤 Terah◆ Lifetime of Nahor◆ Birth of Terah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 3:34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
  • Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

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