KJV King James Version
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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Genesis 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
WEB World English Bible
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
ASV American Standard Version
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Surrounding context — Genesis 11
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
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Joshua 24:2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.1 Chronicles 1:26-27Serug, Nahor, Terah,Genesis 12:4-5So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.Genesis 22:20-24And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;Genesis 29:4-5And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.
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