Nahor
Nahor (brother of Abraham)
Mentioned 2055–1738 BC traditional (Jones)
A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran (Gen. 11:27-32).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 21st generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Patriarchs, 1996–1707 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Abraham, Milcah, Bethuel, Haran, Rebekah, Terah, Isaac, and Iscah.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Places
Places named in the same verses as Nahor, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Ur0
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2134–1659 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
Begat counts Nahor in 10 tagged verses in one book.
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Nahor 20 |
| KJV | Nahor 17 |
| ASV | Nahor 19 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 10 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis10 verses
- 11:26
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- 11:27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- 22:20
Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
- 22:23
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- 24:15
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- 24:24
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- 24:47
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
- 29:5
“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
- 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran (Gen. 11:27-32). A correspondence was maintained between the family of Abraham in Canaan and the relatives in the old ancestral home at Haran till the time of Jacob. When Jacob fled from Haran all intercourse between the two branches of the family came to an end (Gen. 31:55). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac’s wife (24:67).