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In the account of Terah's family, mentioned in Gen.11:26–32, Nahor II (Heb. נָחֹור Nāḥōr) is listed as the son of Terah, amongst two other brothers, Abram and Haran.v.26,27 His grandfather was Nahor I, son of Serug. Nahor married the daughter of his brother Haran, Milcah, his niece.v.29 They were all born and raised in the city of Ur.[citation needed] When Abram had an encounter with God,[1] this brother directed his family to leave their native land and go to the land of Canaan. Terah, their father, coordinated the gathering of his family to journey west to their destination.v.31 They followed the Euphrates River, with their herds, to the Paddan Aram region. This was about halfway along the Fertile Crescent between Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean, in what is now southeastern Turkey.[2] In this region, Nahor and his family settled except for his brother Haran, who had died sometime ago back in Ur.V.28 The city where they settled, Harran, is the place that Nahor's father eventually died.V.32

Nahor II continued his own travels and settled in the region of Aram Naharaim where he founded the town, Nahor.Gen.24:10 Here, he had eight sons to Milcah:Gen.22:19–23

  1. Uz, the firstborn
  2. Buz
  3. Kemuel
  4. Kesed
  5. Hazo
  6. Pildash
  7. Jidlaph
  8. Bethuel, father of Rebekah, the wife of Isaac

To his concubine, Reumah, Nahor had these sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacah.Gen.22:24

Family tree

Serug
Nahor
Noah
Shem[3]HamJapheth
ElamAshurArphaxadLudAramUnnamed daughters
Salah
Eber
PelegJoktan
ReuAlmodadShelephHazarmarethJerahHadoram
SerugUzalDiklahObalAbimaelSheba
NahorOphirHavilahJobab
Terah
Sarah[4]Abraham[5]HagarHaran[5]
KeturahNahor[5]
Ishmael[6]Milcah[5]Lot[5]Iscah[5]
6 sons
Ishmaelites7 sons[7]Bethuel1st daughter2nd daughter
IsaacRebekahLabanMoabitesAmmonites
EsauJacobRachel
Bilhah
EdomitesZilpah
Leah
1. Reuben
2. Simeon
3. Levi
4. Judah
9. Issachar
10. Zebulun
11. Dinah		7. Gad
8. Asher		5. Dan
6. Naphtali		12. Joseph
13. Benjamin


See also

  • Harran, the city the family first settled, is spelled differently in Hebrew, than the family name of Haran.

References

  1. ^ Acts 7:2–4
  2. ^ Drummond, 2004, p.75
  3. ^ https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.11.11?lang=bi&aliyot=0
  4. ^ Sarah was the half–sister of Abraham (Genesis 20:12). An alternative tradition holds that she was Abraham's niece (see Sarah#In rabbinic literature).
  5. ^ a b c d e f Genesis 11:27–29
  6. ^ Genesis 16:15
  7. ^ Genesis 22:21–22: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph
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