נָחוֹר

Genesis 11:22 נָחֽוֹר׃ Nahor

When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

Genesis 11:23 נָח֖וֹר Nahor

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24 נָח֔וֹר Nahor

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

Genesis 11:25 נָח֗וֹר Nahor

And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26 נָח֖וֹר Nahor

When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:27 נָח֖וֹר Nahor

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

Here: Named after his grandfather Nahor (11:22–25). His line later supplies Rebekah, Laban, Rachel and Leah (22:20–24; 24), so his place in the list matters for the story to come.

Genesis 11:29 וְנָח֛וֹר נָחוֹר֙ and Nahor, Nahor

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Here: Abram's brother, named after his grandfather Nahor (11:22–25). Naming a son after his grandfather was a common custom. His line will later supply Rebekah, Isaac's wife.

Genesis 22:20 לְנָח֥וֹר to Nahor

Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

Genesis 22:23 לְנָח֖וֹר to Nahor

And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Genesis 24:10 נָחֽוֹר׃ Nahor

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

Genesis 24:15 נָח֖וֹר Nahor

Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Here: Abraham's brother, who stayed behind in upper Mesopotamia. The town the servant has reached is called 'the city of Nahor' (v. 10).

Genesis 24:24 לְנָחֽוֹר׃ to Nahor

She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

Genesis 24:47 נָח֔וֹר Nahor

Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

Genesis 29:5 נָח֑וֹר Nahor

“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

Genesis 31:53 נָחוֹר֙ Nahor

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Here: Abraham's brother and Laban's grandfather (Laban is the son of Bethuel, son of Nahor). The family stayed in the Harran region, and Joshua 24:2 says it 'served other gods'.

Joshua 24:2 נָח֑וֹר Nahor

And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

Here: Abraham's brother. His family stayed in the Haran region, and Rebekah, Laban, Leah and Rachel came from it. Genesis 31:53 has Laban speak of 'the God of Nahor' beside 'the God of Abraham'.

1 Chronicles 1:26 נָח֖וֹר Nahor

Serug, Nahor, Terah,