Genesis 11 · Verse 25

Genesis 11:25

And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:25, King James Version

Genesis 11:25 in other translations

BSBAnd after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
WEBNahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
ASVand Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLTAnd Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
DARBYAnd Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
BBEAnd after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
WebsterAnd Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

What does Genesis 11:25 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…

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Genesis 11:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְחִ֣יvay.Chiand he livedH2421
נָח֗וֹרna.ChorNahorH5152
אַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הוֹלִיד֣וֹho.li.Dofathered heH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
תֶּ֔רַחTe.rachTerahH8646
תְּשַֽׁע\־te.sha'-nine-H8672
עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה'es.RehteenH6240
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וּמְאַ֣תu.me.'Atand one hundredH3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
בָּנִ֖יםba.NimsonsH1121
וּבָנֽוֹת\׃\ \סu.va.Notand daughtersH1323

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • 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 11:26

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

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Genesis 11:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vivió Nachôr, después que engendró á Thare, ciento diecinueve años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Nakhor, après qu’il eut engendré Térakh, vécut 119 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Nahor lebte, nachdem er Tarah gezeugt hatte, 119 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vixitque Nachor, postquam genuit Thare, centum decem et novem annis: et genuit filios et filias.