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וַֽיְחִיvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.תֶ֖רַחterachTarahתֶּרַחnoun, proper name — “Tarah”H8646Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the DesertTarah, Terah.שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimseventyשִׁבְעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “seventy”, the ordinary formH7657seventyseventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֨וֹלֶד֙vayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אַבְרָ֔םavramAbramאַבְרָםnoun, proper name — “Abram”H87Abram, the original name of AbrahamAbram.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).נָח֖וֹרnachorNahorנָחוֹרnoun, proper name — “Nahor”H5152Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of AbrahamNahor.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָרָֽןharanHaranהָרָןnoun, proper name — “Haran”H2039Haran, the name of two menHaran.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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American Standard Version (1901)
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Young’s Literal Translation
And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
World English Bible
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Darby Translation
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Douay-Rheims
And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And Tharrha lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Arrhan.
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