Person

Nahor (son of Serug)

Also: Nachor

Son of Serug (Gen 11:22); father of Terah and grandfather of Abraham. Not to be confused with Abraham's brother Nahor (Gen 11:26).

Sort year2155 BC

Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals (1658): 2155 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Description

Masoretic text: born AM 1849 (when his father was the age given in Gen 11), lived 148 years, died AM 1997. No CFAH paper dates this person; the sort year falls to Ussher.

Scripture

Family

Father: Serug (Saruch)
Children: Terah (Thara)

Scripture facts

Age at son's birth: 29 (Terah (Thara))
Lifespan: 148 years

Genesis 11:22–11:25 (opens in a new tab)

Birth

birth of Nahor (son of Serug), CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	1849 AM Precision: year	AM 1849	Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 ("Nahor born when Serug was 30 ... 1849") (opens in a new tab) AM only; no BC printed.
Ussher	1849d AM, 2155 BC Precision: year	2155 BC AM 1849	Ussher, Annals of the World, Second Age §53 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year
Jordan secondary	1849 - Nahor born Precision: year	AM 1849	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §8 "The Chronology of Genesis 11" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	1849 AM Precision: year	AM 1849	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 2, chart "Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1849.
MT-Gen	AM 1849 Precision: year	AM 1849	Gen 11:10–26 (Arphaxad AM 1658 = Shem's 100th year, two years after the Flood of AM 1656; each later birth adds the father's age at the named son) (opens in a new tab)
Josephus (Whiston translation)	"Nahor was born to Serug in his hundred and thirty-second year" Precision: unknown	—	Josephus, Antiquities I.6.5 (Whiston) (opens in a new tab) Josephus (Whiston) has 132; the Masoretic text has 30 (Gen 11:22).

Death

death of Nahor (son of Serug), CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher	1997d AM, 2007 BC Precision: year	2007 BC AM 1997	Ussher, Annals of the World, Second Age §61 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan secondary	1997 - Nahor died Precision: year	AM 1997	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §8 "The Chronology of Genesis 11" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	1997 AM Nahor dies @ 148 years old Precision: year	AM 1997	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 2, chart "Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1997.
MT-Gen	AM 1997 Precision: year	AM 1997	1849 + 148 = 1997 (lifespan from Gen 11:22–11:25) (opens in a new tab)

Free sources

The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.11.22-Gen.11.25 ; 1Chr.1.26 ; Luke.3.34 public-domain
The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2) (Biblical Chronology 6:4, April 1994) (opens in a new tab) — §8 year list free-to-read
The Antiquities of the Jews (opens in a new tab) — Book I, ch. 6, §5 public-domain
Chronology of the Old Testament: A Return to the Basics (15th ed.) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (A.M. chronology charts and A.M./B.C. table) (opens in a new tab) private-copy

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