Bible Person

Nahor

Meaning: hoarse; dry; hot · Male · 10 cross references

This Nahor entry refers to Abraham's brother, the ancestor who remains in Mesopotamia while Abraham is called onward. Through him come key figures such as Bethuel, Laban, and Rebekah. First appears in Gen 11:26.1

AI summary: This Nahor matters because the cross references preserve the Mesopotamian branch of Abraham's wider family, from which several later marriage and kinship ties are drawn. His household becomes the source of Rebekah and links the patriarchal narratives back to their ancestral homeland. He is not central to covenant promise the way Abraham is, but his line is indispensable to the family connections shaping Genesis. Taken together, the material presents this Nahor as a significant collateral patriarch whose descendants remain crucial to the unfolding family story.1