Noah & the Flood

Nahor

Dates
2105–1957 BC
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Name means "snorting." Son of Serug and the father of Terah. Nahor was the grandfather of Abraham and lived for 148 years. A city was probably founded by or named after him (Gen. 24:10).

Nahor
Illustration of Nahor in 1553 published by Guillaume Rouille

Bible passages

  • Genesis 11:22
    And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
  • Genesis 11:25
    And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

Text of the King James Version.

Related events

  1. Serug 2135–1905 BC
  2. Terah 2076–1871 BC