Nahor, son of Serug

Nahor, Nachor,^[1] or Naghor (Heb. נָחֹור Nāḥōr) is the son of Serug according to the Hebrew Bible. In Genesis Chapter 11, Nahor is listed as the son of Serug.^[v.22] According to some interpretations, he was born and raised in the Sumerian city-state of Ur on the Euphrates River of lower Mesopotamia, about four Millennia ago.^[2] He is said to have lived to the age of 148^[3] years old ^[v.24,25] and had a son, Terah at the age of 29.^[4][v.24] He was also the grandfather of Abraham, Nahor II and Haran, all descendants of Shem.^{[v.10,25-27][5]}

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References

1. ↑ Orthodox Jewish Bible translation
2. ↑ Dorothy Weitz Drummond. Holy Land, Whose Land?: Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots, 2004. p.75
3. ↑ 148 according to the Masoretic Text; 208 or 304 according to the Septuagint. Larsson, Gerhard. “The Chronology of the Pentateuch: A Comparison of the MT and LXX.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 102, no. 3, 1983, p. 403. www.jstor.org/stable/3261014.
4. ↑ 29 according to the Masoretic Text; 79 or 179 according to the Septuagint. Larsson, Gerhard. “The Chronology of the Pentateuch: A Comparison of the MT and LXX.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 102, no. 3, 1983, p. 403. www.jstor.org/stable/3261014.
5. ↑ 1 Chr.1:4,26,27
6. ↑ Genesis 20:12: Sarah was the half–sister of Abraham.
7. ↑ Genesis 22:21-22: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph