26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

Other Translations of Genesis 11:26

King James Version

26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

English Standard Version

26 When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

The Message

26 When Terah was seventy years old, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran. The Family Tree of Terah

New King James Version

26 Now Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

New Living Translation

26 After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 11:26

Commentary on Genesis 11:10-26

(Read Genesis 11:10-26)

Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who now live in distant places! We have enough to do to mind our own work. When the earth began to be peopled, men's lives began to shorten; this was the wise disposal of Providence.

The Descendants of Terah

27 This is the account of Terah's family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

Other Translations of Genesis 11:27

King James Version

The Descendants of Terah

27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

English Standard Version

The Descendants of Terah

27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.

The Message

The Descendants of Terah

27 This is the story of Terah. Terah had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

New King James Version

The Descendants of Terah

27 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.

New Living Translation

The Descendants of Terah

27 This is the account of Terah's family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 11:27

Commentary on Genesis 11:27-32

(Read Genesis 11:27-32)

Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot, who died before his father. Children cannot be sure that they shall outlive their parents. Haran died in Ur, before the happy removal of the family out of that idolatrous country. It concerns us to hasten out of our natural state, lest death surprise us in it. We here read of Abram's departure out of Ur of the Chaldees, with his father Terah, his nephew Lot, and the rest of his family, in obedience to the call of God. This chapter leaves them about mid-way between Ur and Canaan, where they dwelt till Terah's death. Many reach to Charran, and yet fall short of Canaan; they are not far from the kingdom of God, and yet never come thither.