Genesis 11:24

24 Forsooth Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and (then) begat 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 Soothly Serug lived thirty years, and (then) begat Nahor;
23 and Serug lived after that he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 Forsooth Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and (then) begat Terah;
25 and Nahor lived after that he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and (then) begat Abram , Nahor, and Haran.
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