People of the Bible
Nahor (brother of Abraham)
Family
- Father
- Terah
- Partner
- Milcah (wife of Nahor), Reumah
- Brothers and sisters
- Abraham, Haran (brother of Abraham), Sarah
- Children
- Bethuel, Buz, Chesed, Gaham, Hazo, Huz, Jidlaph, Kemuel, Maachah (Daughter of Nahor), Pildash, Tebah, Thahash
- Born
- Ur of the Chaldees
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran (Gen. 11:27-32). A correspondence was maintained between the family of Abraham in Canaan and the relatives in the old ancestral home at Haran till the time of Jacob. When Jacob fled from Haran all intercourse between the two branches of the family came to an end (Gen. 31:55). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac’s wife (24:67).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 10 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.