Genesis 11 · Verse 27

Genesis 11:27

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis 11:27, King James Version

Genesis 11:27 in other translations

BSBThis is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
WEBNow this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
ASVNow these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
YLTAnd these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;
DARBYAnd these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
BBEThese are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
WebsterNow these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begat Lot.

What does Genesis 11:27 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 11:27-32
Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot, who died before his father. Children cannot be sure that they shall outlive their parents. Haran died in Ur, before the happy removal of the family out of that idolatrous country. It concerns us to hasten out of our natural state, lest death surprise us in it. We here read of Abram's departure out of Ur of the Chaldees, with his father Terah, his nephew Lot, and the rest of his family, in obedience to the call of God. This chapter leaves them about mid-way between Ur and Canaan, where they dwelt till Terah's death. Many reach to Charran, and yet fall short of Canaan; they are not far from the kingdom of God, and yet never come thither.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 11:27 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.

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ve.'E.lehand theseH428
תּוֹלְדֹ֣תtol.Dot[are] [the] accounts ofH8435
תֶּ֔רַחTe.rachTerahH8646
תֶּ֚רַחTe.rachTerahH8646
הוֹלִ֣ידho.Lidhe fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamAbramH87
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נָח֖וֹרna.ChorNahorH5152
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָרָ֑ןha.RanHaranH2039
וְהָרָ֖ןve.ha.Ranand HaranH2039
הוֹלִ֥ידho.Lidhe fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לֽוֹט\׃LotLotH3876

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

Cross references for Genesis 11:27

  • Genesis 14:12

    And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

  • Genesis 12:4

    So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

  • Genesis 11:31

    And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

  • 2 Peter 2:7

    And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

  • Genesis 13:1-11

    And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai; Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. …

  • Genesis 19:1-29

    And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 2008. B.C. 1996. Lot.
31; 12:4; 13:1-11; 14:12; 19:1-29; 2Pe 2:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 11:26

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

  • Genesis 11:27

    Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

  • Genesis 11:28

    And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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Genesis 11:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Estas son las generaciones de Thare: Thare engendró á Abram, y á Nachôr, y á Harán; y Harán engendró á Lot.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et ce sont ici les générations de Térakh: Térakh engendra Abram, Nakhor, et Haran. Et Haran engendra Lot.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dies sind die Geschlechter Tarahs: Tarah zeugte Abram, Nahor und Haran; und Haran zeugte Lot.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæ sunt autem generationes Thare: Thare genuit Abram, Nachor et Aran. Porro Aran genuit Lot.