Nahor: Snorting.1. The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham
(Genesis 11:22-25; Luke 3:34)
2. A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham
(Genesis 11:26,27)
(Joshua 24:2) R.V. He married Milcah, the daughter of his
brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the
east of the river Euphrates at Haran
(Genesis 11:27-32) A
correspondence was maintained between the family of Abraham in
Canaan and the relatives in the old ancestral home at Haran till
the time of Jacob. When Jacob fled from Haran all intercourse
between the two branches of the family came to an end
(Genesis 31:55) His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac's wife
(Genesis 24:67)
