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Nahor, son of Serug

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Nahor, son of Serug
ChildrenTerah, and other sons and daughters
ParentSerug
RelativesAbraham(grandson), Sarah (granddaughter), Nahor (grandson) Haran (grandson)

Nahor (Hebrew: נָחוֹרNāḥōr; Greek: ΝαχώρNakhṓr) 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]

References

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  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