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Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now these <i>are</i> the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now these are <i>the records of</i> the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now these are <i>the records of</i> the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now these are <i>the records of</i> the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram (Abraham), Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begat Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is the account of Terah and his descendants. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />These are the descendants of Terah, who was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now these are the family records of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begat Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah has begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran has begotten Lot;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And these are births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And these the generations of Terah: Terah begetting Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begetting Lot.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And these are the generations of Terah. Terah conceived Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Next Haran conceived Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />These are the descendants of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran begot Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now these are the descendants of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these are the generations of Terakh: Terakh begot Abram and Nakhor and Haran, and Haran begot Lot.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these <i>are</i> the generations of Tharrha. Tharrha begot Abram and Nachor, and Arrhan; and Arrhan begot Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/11-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=2502" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/11.htm">Terah's Descendants</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/8435.htm" title="8435: tō·wl·ḏōṯ (N-fpc) -- Generations. Or toldah; from yalad; descent, i.e. Family; history.">is the account</a> <a href="/hebrew/8646.htm" title="8646: te·raḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert.">of Terah.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8646.htm" title="8646: te·raḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert.">Terah</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: hō·w·lîḏ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">became the father of</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/87.htm" title="87: ’aḇ·rām (N-proper-ms) -- Exalted father, the original name of Abraham. Contracted from 'Abiyram; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham.">Abram,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5152.htm" title="5152: nā·ḥō·wr (N-proper-ms) -- From the same as nachar; snorer; Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham.">Nahor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2039.htm" title="2039: hā·rān (N-proper-ms) -- Mountaineer, a brother of Abram, also an Isr. Perhaps from har; mountaineer; Haran, the name of two men.">and Haran.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2039.htm" title="2039: wə·hā·rān (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Mountaineer, a brother of Abram, also an Isr. Perhaps from har; mountaineer; Haran, the name of two men.">And Haran</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: hō·w·lîḏ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">became the father of</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3876.htm" title="3876: lō·wṭ (N-proper-ms) -- Abraham's nephew. The same as lowt; Lot, Abraham's nephew.">Lot.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-4</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">Genesis 17:5</a></span><br />No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-20.htm">Genesis 22:20-23</a></span><br />Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor: / Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), / Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-10.htm">Genesis 24:10</a></span><br />Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/25-20.htm">Genesis 25:20</a></span><br />and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-53.htm">Genesis 31:53</a></span><br />May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-27.htm">Genesis 35:27</a></span><br />Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-27.htm">Genesis 46:27</a></span><br />And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-13.htm">Genesis 50:13</a></span><br />They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2</a></span><br />And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-26.htm">1 Chronicles 1:26-28</a></span><br />Serug, Nahor, Terah, / and Abram (that is, Abraham). / The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Nehemiah 9:7</a></span><br />You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Isaiah 51:2</a></span><br />Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2-4</a></span><br />And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-1.htm">Romans 4:1-3</a></span><br />What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered? / If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. / For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-4.htm">Genesis 12:4</a></b></br> So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram <i>was</i> seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-1.htm">Genesis 13:1-11</a></b></br> And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Abram</a> <a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">Account</a> <a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/genesis/11-25.htm">Begotten</a> <a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">Births</a> <a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Haran</a> <a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">History</a> <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Nahor</a> <a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">Records</a> <a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Terah</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/11-29.htm">Abram</a> <a href="/genesis/12-13.htm">Account</a> <a href="/genesis/22-23.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/genesis/22-23.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/genesis/22-23.htm">Begotten</a> <a href="/genesis/25-13.htm">Births</a> <a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Haran</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">History</a> <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/genesis/11-29.htm">Nahor</a> <a href="/genesis/25-12.htm">Records</a> <a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Terah</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/11-1.htm">One language in the world.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/11-2.htm">The building of Babel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/11-5.htm">It is interrupted by the confusion of tongues, and the builders dispersed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/11-10.htm">The generations of Shem.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/11-27.htm">The generations of Terah, the father of Abram.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Terah, with Abram and Lot, move from Ur to Haran.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It serves as a structural marker in Genesis, introducing a new section or narrative. The use of "toledot" here signifies a transition from the broader narrative of humanity to a more focused account on Terah's family, which is pivotal in the unfolding of God's redemptive plan. Terah's lineage is crucial as it leads to Abram, later known as Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites. This phrase reminds us of God's sovereign orchestration of history, working through specific families to fulfill His promises.<p><b>Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran</b><br />The name "Terah" is of uncertain meaning, but it is significant as the patriarch of a family that would become central to biblical history. Terah's fatherhood of Abram, Nahor, and Haran marks the beginning of a lineage that would lead to the establishment of the Israelite nation. "Abram," later renamed Abraham by God, means "exalted father" or "father of many," reflecting his future role as the father of many nations. "Nahor" and "Haran" are less prominent but still important in the genealogical record. This phrase highlights the importance of family and lineage in God's plan, emphasizing that God often works through familial relationships to accomplish His purposes.<p><b>And Haran became the father of Lot</b><br />"Haran" is noted here as the father of Lot, who plays a significant role in the narrative of Genesis. The mention of Lot introduces a subplot that will have implications for Abram's journey and the unfolding of God's covenant promises. Lot's relationship with Abram is complex, involving both kinship and conflict, and serves as a narrative device to explore themes of faith, obedience, and divine providence. The inclusion of Lot in this genealogy underscores the interconnectedness of biblical characters and the intricate tapestry of God's redemptive history. It reminds us that even seemingly secondary characters have a place in God's overarching plan, and their accounts contribute to the larger narrative of salvation.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>THE T?LD?TH TERAH.</span><p>(27) <span class= "bld">Now these are the generations.</span>--This <span class= "ital">toldoth, </span>which extends to <a href="/genesis/25-11.htm" title="And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelled by the well Lahairoi.">Genesis 25:11</a>, is one of the most interesting in the Book of Genesis, as it gives us the history of the patriarch Abraham, in whom God was pleased to lay the foundation of the interme diate dispensation and of the Jewish Church, by whose institutions and psalmists and prophets the light of true religion was to be maintained, and the way prepared for the coming of Christ. But though Abraham is the central figure, yet the narrative is called the <span class= "ital">Toldoth Terah, </span>just as the history of Joseph is called the <span class= "ital">Toldoth Jacob </span>(<a href="/genesis/37-2.htm" title="These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought to his father their evil report.">Genesis 37:2</a>). The explanation of this is, not that we have in it the history of Lot, and of Moab and Ammon, which are mere subsidiary matters; but that it connects Abraham with the past, and shows that, through Terah and the <span class= "ital">toldoth </span>which ended in him, he was the representative of Shem.<p><span class= "bld">Terah begat Abram.</span>--Commentators, in their endeavour to make St. Stephen's assertion in <a href="/acts/7-4.htm" title="Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelled in Charran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell.">Acts 7:4</a> agree with the numbers of the Hebrew text, have supposed that Abram was not the eldest son, and that the first place was given him because of his spiritual preeminence. But this is contrary to the rules of the Hebrew language, and the failure of the attempt to deprive Shem of his birthright by a mistranslation of <a href="/genesis/10-21.htm" title="To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.">Genesis 10:21</a> confirms Abram's claim to the same prerogative.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Now</span> (literally, <span class="accented">and</span>, intimating the close connection of the present with the preceding section) <span class="cmt_word">these are the generations</span> - the commencement of a new subdivision of the history (Keil), and neither the winding-up of the foregoing genealogy ('Speaker's Commentary') nor the heading only of the brief paragraph in vers. 27-32 (Lange; vide Genesis 2:4) - <span class="cmt_word">of Terah</span>. Not of Abram; partly because mainly occupied with the career not of Abram's son, in which case "the generations of Abram" would have been appropriate, but of Abram himself, Terah's son; and partly owing to the subsidiary design to indicate Nahor's connection, through Rebekah, with the promised seed (cf. Quarry, p. 415). <span class="cmt_word">Terah begat Abram</span>, "Father of Elevation," who is mentioned first not because he happened to be Terah's eldest son (Keil), which he was not (<span class="accented">vide</span> Genesis 11:26), or because Moses was indifferent to the order in which the sons of Terah were introduced (Calvin), but because of his spiritual preeminence as the head of the theocratic line (Wordsworth). <span class="cmt_word">Nahor</span>, "Panting," not to be confounded with his grandfather of the same name (ver. 25). <span class="cmt_word">Haran</span>, "Tarrying," the eldest son of Terah (ver. 26), and, along with Abram and Nahor, reintroduced into the narrative on account of his relationship to Lot and Milcah. That Terah had other sons (Calvin) does not appear probable, <span class="cmt_word">And Haran begat Lot</span>. <span class="hebrew">לוט</span>; of uncertain etymology, but may be = <span class="hebrew">לוּט</span>, a concealed, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> obscure, low one, or perhaps a dark-colored one (Furst). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/11-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the account</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·wl·ḏōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8435.htm">Strong's 8435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Descent, family, history</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Terah.</span><br /><span class="heb">תֶּ֔רַח</span> <span class="translit">(te·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8646.htm">Strong's 8646: </a> </span><span class="str2">Terah -- Abraham's father, also a place in the desert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Terah</span><br /><span class="heb">תֶּ֚רַח</span> <span class="translit">(te·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8646.htm">Strong's 8646: </a> </span><span class="str2">Terah -- Abraham's father, also a place in the desert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">became the father of</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹלִ֣יד</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·lîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Abram,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַבְרָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’aḇ·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_87.htm">Strong's 87: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Nahor,</span><br /><span class="heb">נָח֖וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḥō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5152.htm">Strong's 5152: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nochor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Haran.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2039.htm">Strong's 2039: </a> </span><span class="str2">Haran -- 'mountaineer', a brother of Abram, also an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And Haran</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָרָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·rān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2039.htm">Strong's 2039: </a> </span><span class="str2">Haran -- 'mountaineer', a brother of Abram, also an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">became the father of</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹלִ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·lîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lot.</span><br /><span class="heb">לֽוֹט׃</span> <span class="translit">(lō·wṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3876.htm">Strong's 3876: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lot -- Abraham's nephew</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/11-27.htm">OT Law: Genesis 11:27 Now this is the history (Gen. 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