Bible Strands
Genesis 11:27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator addresses the reader at a structural pivot in Genesis 10–11, closing the Shem genealogy and formally introducing Terah’s family line. This moment functions as a historical bridge between the primeval narratives and the patriarchal accounts.
The words — תּוֹלְדֹת (tol-dot) literally means “generations” or “accounts of,” serving as a standard genealogical heading. The verb הוֹלִיד (ho-lid) states plainly that Terah “fathered” Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and that Haran “fathered” Lot.
The thread — This family record reappears in Genesis 11:31 when Terah departs with Abram, Lot, and Sarai, and in Genesis 12:4 when Lot accompanies Abram out of Haran. The lineage surfaces again in Genesis 14:12 during Lot’s capture from Sodom.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that covenant history emerges from documented family lines rather than isolated events. It asks the reader to track how specific ancestral records establish the necessary context for subsequent divine action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Cross-references
- Genesis 11:31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
- Genesis 14:12 They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
- 2 Peter 2:7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
- Genesis 13:1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
- Genesis 19:1 Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,