Nahor, son of Terah
Nahor, son of Terah | |
|---|---|
| Parent | Terah (father) |
| Relatives | Abraham (brother), Haran (brother), Lot (nephew), Milcah (niece), Iscah (niece), Nahor (partenal grandfather) |
In the account of
Ur of the Chaldeans" (Genesis 11:28
).
In the King James Version, Nahor is also referred to as Nachor (Joshua 24:2).
When Abram had an encounter with
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 where Nahor's father would die (v.32
).
Nahor II continued his own travels and settled in the region of
Aram Naharaim, where he founded the town of Nahor (Gen.24:10). Here, he and Milcah had eight sons (Gen.22:20–23
):
Nahor and his concubine,
).Nahor in the Book of Joshua
In his final speech to the Israelite leaders assembled at Shechem, Joshua recounts the history of God's formation of the Israelite nation, beginning with "Terah the father of Abraham and Nachor, [who] lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods" (Joshua 24:2).
In popular culture
Nahor is portrayed by Kevin McNally in the film Abraham (1993). The character of Nahor's concubine Reumah is portrayed by Evelina Meghangi in the same film.
See also
- Harran, the city where the family first settled (spelled differently in Hebrew from the family name of Haran).
References
- ^ Genesis 12:1–7 cf. Acts 7:2–4
- ^ Drummond, Dorothy. Holy Land, Whose Land? Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots. 2004, p.75