Genesis 11:24
in Genesis 11When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
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ASV
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
KJV
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
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This verse in Genesis 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Nahor lived twenty nine years, and begat Terah. The father of Abraham, and the first of the patriarchs of this line of Shem that fell off from the true religion to idolatry.
This site's exposition
When Reu was 32 years old
on Genesis 11:20-26
The years keep falling. Ten generations run from Shem to Abram here, matching the ten from Adam to Noah in Genesis 5. Abram is named first of Terah's sons, and Adam Clarke reads that order as one of dignity, the place Genesis keeps giving the chosen son.
This site's exposition
When Nahor was 29 years old
Nahor fathers Terah at 29, the youngest age in the list. John Gill names Terah as the first father of this line of Shem to fall away to idolatry. The line blessed in Shem at 9:26 reaches an idolater two generations before the call.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Now Nachor lived twenty-nine years and begot Thare. The seventy interpreters have it seventy-nine.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְחִ֣י | vaychi | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| נָח֔וֹר | nachor | Nahor | H5152 → | 18 times |
| תֵּ֥שַׁע | tesha' | nine | H8672 → | 58 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תָּֽרַח׃ | tarach | Terah | H8646 → | 13 times |
וַיְחִ֣יand he lived
vaychiH2421 →282 times
נָח֔וֹרNahor
nachorH5152 →18 times
תֵּ֥שַׁעnine
tesha'H8672 →58 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תָּֽרַח׃Terah
tarachH8646 →13 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Joshua 24:15
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods…
- Genesis 31:30
Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
- Ezekiel 16:3
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a…
- Genesis 31:32
If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know…
- Genesis 31:19
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
- Joshua 24:15
Through
Luke 3:34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
it leads to
- Genesis 21:3
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
- 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…
- Matthew 1:2
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
- Genesis 21:3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.