Genesis 11:26

26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

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Genesis 11:26 in Other Translations

KJV

26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

ESV

26 When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

NLT

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

MSG

26 When Terah was seventy years old, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran. The Family Tree of Terah

CSB

26 Terah lived 70 years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 11:26

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and
Haran.
] Abram, though named first, does not appear to be the eldest, but rather Haran; nay, it seems pretty plain that Abram was not born until the one hundred and thirtieth year of his father's life, for Terah was two hundred and five years old when he died, ( Genesis 11:32 ) and Abram was but seventy five years of age when he went out of Haran to Canaan, ( Genesis 12:4 ) and that was as soon as his father died there; and so that if seventy five are taken out two hundred and five, there will remain one hundred and thirty, in which year and not before Abram must be born: the wife of Terah, of whom Abram was born, according to the Jewish writers ^F24, her name was Chamtelaah, the daughter of Carnebo, or as others ^F25 call her, Amthalai; but by the Arabic writers

FOOTNOTES:

F26 she is called Juna: the Jews say ^F1 Terah was the first that found out the way of coining money, and that in his days men began to worship images, and that he was the chief of their priests, but afterwards repented; and that he was an idolater appears from ( Joshua 24:2 ) .

F24 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 2. 1. & Bathra in ib.
F25 Pirke Eliezer, c. 26.
F26 Elmacinus, p. 31. Patricides, p. 17. apud Hottinger. p. 281.
F1 Shalshalet, fol. 76. 1.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 11:26 In-Context

24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.

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

26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

27 This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

Cross References 3

1. Luke 3:34
2. Joshua 24:2
3. 2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12; Ezekiel 27:23