Bible Strands
Genesis 11:25
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative continues the Shem genealogy immediately after Genesis 11:24 records Nahor’s age at Terah’s birth, situating the verse within a structured lineage account rather than a spoken discourse.
The words — וַיְחִי (va-yḥî) translates literally as “and he lived,” denoting the period of Nahor’s continued existence after fathering Terah. הוֹלִיד (hōlîḏ) means “he fathered,” introducing the note that Nahor additionally had sons and daughters.
The thread — This verse operates as a chronological pivot in the Genesis 11 genealogy, using a fixed lifespan-and-offspring pattern to connect generations. The same structural formula appears throughout Genesis 5 and the remainder of Genesis 11 to map the descent from Shem to Abram.
Why it lands — The text demands a careful tracking of generational intervals and family expansion, requiring the reader to note how each lifespan and offspring count advances the lineage toward the Abrahamic covenant.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.