Genesis 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis 11:24 in other translations
| BSB | When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. |
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| WEB | Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah. |
| ASV | And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: |
| YLT | And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah. |
| DARBY | And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah. |
| BBE | And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah: |
| Webster | And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah. |
What does Genesis 11:24 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 11:10-26
Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we…
Genesis 11:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 11:24
- Luke 3:34
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
- Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
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Context
- Genesis 11:23
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
- Genesis 11:25
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vivió Nachôr veintinueve años, y engendró á Thare. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Nakhor vécut 29 ans, et engendra Térakh. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Nahor lebte 29 Jahre und zeugte Tarah. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vixit autem Nachor viginti novem annis, et genuit Thare. |