🌱WEB · Genesis 11:26

What does Genesis 11:26 mean?

"Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran."

— Genesis 11:26 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

23

Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

24

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

25

Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

26

Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27

Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

28

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

29

Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

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