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Nahor

10 verses · 18 family members

Verses Mentioning Nahor

  1. Terach lived seventy years and fathered Avram, Nachor and Haran.

  2. Here is the genealogy of Terach. Terach fathered Avram, Nachor and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

  3. Then Avram and Nachor took wives for themselves. The name of Avram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor’s wife was Milkah the daughter of Haran. He was the father of Milkah and of Yiskah.

  4. Afterwards, Avraham was told, "Milkah too has borne children, to your brother Nachor -

  5. B'tu'el fathered Rivkah. These eight Milkah bore to Nachor Avraham's brother.

  6. Before he had finished speaking, Rivkah the daughter of B'tu'el son of Milkah the wife of Nachor Avraham's brother, came out with her jug on her shoulder.

  7. She answered, "I am the daughter of B'tu'el the son Milkah bore to Nachor,"

  8. "I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' and she answered, 'The daughter of B'tu'el son of Nachor, whom Milkah bore to him.'Then I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists,

  9. He asked them, "Do you know Lavan the [grand]son of Nachor?" They said, "We do."

  10. May the God of Avraham and also the god of Nachor, the god of their father, judge between us." But Ya'akov swore by the One his father Yitz'chak feared.