Nahor, son of Serug

For other uses, see Nahor.
Nahor, son of Serug
Nahor, from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
ChildrenTerah, and other sons and daughters
ParentSerug
RelativesAbraham(grandson), Sarah (granddaughter), Nahor (grandson) Haran (grandson)

Nahor (Hebrew: נָחוֹר – Nāḥōr; Greek: Ναχώρ – Nakhṓr) is the son of Serug according to the Hebrew Bible in Genesis Chapter 11.[1] He is said to have lived to the age of 148 years old[2][3] or 208 according to the Greek Septuagint (LXII) and had a son, Terah, at the age of 29 (179 in the LXX Vat and LXX Brenton) .[2][4] He was also the grandfather of Abraham, Sarah, Nahor II and Haran.[5][6]

  1. ^ v.22
  2. ^ a b Larsson, Gerhard (1983). "The Chronology of the Pentateuch: A Comparison of the MT and LXX". Journal of Biblical Literature. 102 (3): 401–409. doi:10.2307/3261014. JSTOR 3261014.
  3. ^ v.24,25
  4. ^ v.24
  5. ^ v.10,25–27
  6. ^ 1 Chr.1:4,26,27