Genesis 11:24

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

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WEBBE

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

BSB

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

KJV

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

ASV

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

BBE

And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:

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וַיְחִי vay·chi and he lived H2421 נָחוֹר na·chor Nahor H5152 תֵּשַׁע te·sha' nine H8672 וְעֶשְׂרִים ve·'es·rim and twenty H6242 שָׁנָה sha·nah year[s] H8141 וַיּוֹלֶד vai·yo·led and he fathered H3205 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 תָּרַח ta·rach Terah H8646

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–26

Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who now live in distant places! We have enough to do to mind our own work. When the earth began to be peopled, men's lives began to shorten; this was the wise disposal of Providence.

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TerahNahor

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LongevityTerah

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.