Laban said to Jacob, “It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake to me yesternight, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.” It is not difficult to guess what he might have done to Jacob but for that warning. KJV: and the God of Nahor, the God INT: of Abraham and the God of Nahor judge between. Genesis 11:26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. Afterwards, the pair reconciled with an oath, spoken by Laban: May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. 22. - Genesis 24:47"Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?" Why do the steel balls in a spinning curved stand climb up? because, as Laban, who spoke first, as being the elder, explained, the heap was to be a "witness between him and Jacob." Required fields are marked *. Why not Nahor? Carl Armerding. Other sources, largely Christian ones (here and here, for example), read the text as being reflective. word for “son” has also the meaning of descendant, thus of grandson. (Note: These words are the oldest proof, that in the native country of the patriarchs, Mesopotamia, Aramaean or Chaldaean was spoken, and Hebrew in Jacob's native country, Canaan; from which we may conclude that Abraham's family first acquired the Hebrew in Canaan from the Canaanites (Phoenicians).). Nahor married the daughter of his brother Haran, Milcah, his niece (v.29). Kemuel, another of Nahor’s sons, even named his son (and Nahor’s grandson) Aram! NAHOR. Genesis 11:26. But while he was born in Aram, he was. To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers. Even Nahor could not interfere. He traveled to Aram-naharaim* and went to the village where Abraham's brother, As he was still praying, a young woman named Rebekah arrived with a water jug on her shoulder. Her father was Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother, "My father is Bethuel," she replied. The “God of Abraham” is a synonym for “God of Nahor”. Nahor the elder had Terah at 29 and lived to be 148. What are the teraphim (household gods) Rachel stole from Laban? Why does mizpah signify an emotional bond? He [Laban] could say politely, "The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor," but Jacob could not say this. The confusing order of Laban's tent raids in Genesis 31:33. ישׂראל yı̂śrā'ēl, Jisrael, "prince of God. In concluding the covenant at Mizpah, Laban called upon “the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father” . Or is Laban covering his bases by citing all of the gods of his ancestors? 3. This would perhaps(?) The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. Later in Genesis, this kingdom will be revealed to be close to (or containing) the city of Harran, where Terah settled his family en route to Canaan. So I gave her the ring and the bracelets. For even if this city is to be found in the modern Salt, and was called Ramath-mizpeh from the even recorded here, all that can be inferred from that is, that the tradition of Laban's covenant with Jacob was associated in later ages with Ramoth in Gilead, without the correctness of the association being thereby established. suggest that Laban was already familiar with the God of Abraham, and therefore perhaps also were Nahor and Terah. He married Milcah his niece in Ur of the Chaldees, Genesis 11:26 ,29, but seems to have transferred his residence to Haran, Genesis 24:10 27:43. Laban spake of the God of Abraham and Nabor, their common ancestors; but Jacob, knowing that idolatry had crept in among that branch of the family, swore by the Fear of Isaac. Of this the memorial was to serve as a witness, and the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father (Terah), would be umpire between them. No man is with us, behold God is witness between me and thee!" In verse 13 the Lord speaks of Himself as “the God of Bethel.” Then in verse 29 Laban, speaking to Jacob, calls Him “the God of your father.” This is amplified by Jacob who later speaks of Him as “the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac” (v. 42). Some of my favorite things about the Torah are the snippets of legends that the early Jews knew so well that they didn’t even need to write down. - Genesis 24:15"My father is Bethuel," she replied.