Genesis 11:26
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- KJV
- And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- WEB
- Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- ASV
- And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- DARBY
- And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- BLB
- And Terah lived seventy years, and he begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- ÅB
- Da Tarah var sytti år gammel, fikk han sønnene Abram, Nakor og Haran.
- OTB
- Tarah ble 70 år gammel og fikk sønnene Abram, Nakor og Haran.
- B1930
- Da Tarah var sytti år gammel, fikk han sønnene Abram, Nakor og Haran.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 24:2
And 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.
Read in contextGenesis 12:4–5
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Read in context1 Chronicles 1:26–27
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
Read in contextGenesis 22:20–24
Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
Read in contextGenesis 29:4–5
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
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