The Legends of the Jews, Volume I

Nahor

Role: brother of Abraham · First appears: The True Believer

Nahor was Abraham’s brother, and Abraham referred to the god Zucheus as his brother Nahor’s, comparing it with Marumath. Nahor married Milcah and was the father of Kesed. About this time, Nahor died at Haran at the age of 172, a severe loss to Abraham.

Relationship record

Life events

  • Nahor died at the age of one hundred and seventy-two.(The Death And Burial Of Sarah · 📍 Haran)
    • “Abraham suffered a severe loss at the same time in the death of his brother Nahor, whose days ended at Haran, when he had reached the age of one hundred and seventy two years.”
  • Aram and his brethren left Haran and settled in a vale, founding Aram-Zoba.(The Last Years Of Abraham · 📍 Haran)
    • With: Aram (son of Zoba)
    • “Aram and his brethren and all that belonged to him therefore departed from Haran, and they settled in a vale, and they built themselves a city there which they called Aram-Zoba”

The True Believer

  • siblings with Abraham “Zucheus, the god of my brother Nahor, is more venerable than Marumath, because he is made cunningly of gold, and when he grows old, he will be worked over again.”

The Death And Burial Of Sarah

  • siblings with Abraham “Abraham suffered a severe loss at the same time in the death of his brother Nahor, whose days ended at Haran, when he had reached the age of one hundred and seventy two years.”

Eliezer's Mission

  • siblings with Abraham “Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor”
  • married with Milcah “Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor”

The Last Years Of Abraham

  • siblings with Abraham “The descendants of Kesed, another nephew of Abraham, a son of his brother Nahor, established themselves opposite to Shinar, where they founded the city of Kesed, the city whence the Chaldees are called Kasdim.”
  • child: Kesed “The descendants of Kesed, another nephew of Abraham, a son of his brother Nahor, established themselves opposite to Shinar, where they founded the city of Kesed, the city whence the Chaldees are called Kasdim.”

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