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Nahor נָחוֹר
Abraham's brother. Nahor, the son of Terah and brother of Abraham, was the father of Bethuel and the grandfather of Rebekah.
Family
| Father | Terah |
|---|---|
| Spouses | Milcah, Reumah |
| Children | Bethuel, Buz, Chesed, Gaham, Hazo, Jidlaph, Kemuel, Maacah, Uz, Pildash, Tebah, Tahash |
| Brothers and sisters | Abraham, Haran, Sarah |
Where Nahor appears
Genesis (11)
Key verses
- Genesis 11:26 first mention — And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- Genesis 11:27 — Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
- Genesis 11:29 — 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.
- Genesis 22:20 — 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;
- Genesis 22:23 — And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- Genesis 24:10 — 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.
- Genesis 24:15 — 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.
- Genesis 24:24 — And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
- Genesis 24:47 — 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.
- Genesis 29:5 — And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
- Genesis 31:53 — 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.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.