Genesis 11:24

24 And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.

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 And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
23 And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
24 And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
25 And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
26 And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
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