Bible Strands
Genesis 22:24
Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records this genealogical detail immediately after the binding of Isaac, documenting the offspring of Abraham’s brother Nahor following the list of sons born to his wife Milcah.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַתֵּלֶד (va.tteled, "and she bore") introduces the children of Nahor’s concubine Reumah, specifying Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah as her direct offspring.
The thread — This record of concubine-born sons parallels the later administrative action where Abraham distributes gifts to his concubine sons and sends them away from Isaac (Genesis 25:6).
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to acknowledge the distinct familial branches of Abraham’s extended household and the deliberate separation of his concubine descendants from the primary covenant line.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
Cross-references
- Genesis 16:3 So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 25:6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
- Proverbs 15:25 The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.