Nahor

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nā´hor (נחור, nāḥōr, "snorting"; in the New Testament Ναχώρ, Nachṓr):

(1) Son of Serug and grandfather of Abraham. He was the father of Terah. Genesis 11:22-25; 1 Chronicles 1:26; Luke 3:34.

(2) Son of Terah and elder brother of Abraham (Genesis 11:26-27, Genesis 11:29; Genesis 22:20, Genesis 22:23; Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:24, Genesis 24:47; Genesis 29:5; Joshua 24:2). 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 (Genesis 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 (Genesis 31:55). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac's wife (Genesis 24:67).

A city of Nahor is mentioned in Genesis 24:10; the God of Nahor in Genesis 31:53. In the King James Version Joshua 24:2; Luke 3:34, the name is spelled “Nachor.”