Genesis 11:24 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 11:24

When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

BSB

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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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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And 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.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְחִ֣י	vay.Chi	and he lived	H2421 →
נָח֔וֹר	na.Chor	Nahor	H5152 →
תֵּ֥שַׁע	Te.sha'	nine	H8672 →
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים	ve.'es.Rim	and twenty	H6242 →
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד	vai.Yo.led	and he fathered	H3205 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
תָּֽרַח׃	Ta.rach	Terah	H8646 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
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…
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.
Through
Luke 3:34
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
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.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Genesis