Genesis 11:24

24 When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;

Genesis 11:24 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 11:24

And Nahor lived twenty nine years, and begat Terah.
] The father of Abraham, and the first of the patriarchs of this line of Shem that fell off from the true religion to idolatry.

Genesis 11:24 In-Context

22 When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor;
23 and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah;
25 and Nahor lived after the birth of Terah one hundred nineteen years, and had other sons and daughters.
26 When Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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