On Nahor, Son of Terah: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste nachor , cum exisset de chaldea, ducta in uxorem melca filia fratris sui aram extincti, moratus in charram mesopotamie , mortuo ibi suo patre et abraham in terram chanaan peregrinante, hos tres fratres hus , buz , bathuel cum aliis quinque genuit; de quorum uno, scilicet buz , descendit balaam , qui secundum hebreos dicitur in job iob eliud buzites .

This Nahor, when he came out of Chaldea, took Milcah as his wife, who was the daughter of his dead brother Harran, and stayed in Harran in Mesopotamia. There his father died and Abraham travelled to the land of Canaan. Nahor begot three brothers, Hus, Buz, and Bethuel, together with another five, from one of whom, specifically Buz, Balaam was descended, who according to the Hebrews, is called Elihu Buzites in Job.

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Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Iste nachor cum exisset de chaldea. ducta in uxorem melcha
filia fratris sui aram extincti. moratus in charran mesopota
mie. mortuo ibi suo patre. et abram in terram chanaan peregri
nante. hos tres fratres. hus. buz. batuel. cum alijs .v. genuit.
de quorum uno scilicet buz descendit balaam. qui secundum
hebreos dicitur in iob eliud buzites .

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste nachor cum exisset de chaldea ducta in uxorem melcha filia
fratris sui. aram extincti. moratus in charran mesopotamie mor
tuo ibi suo patre. et abram in terram chanaan peregrinante. hos tres
fratres hus. buz. batuel. cum aliis .v. genuit de quorum uno scilicet buz
descendit balaam. qui secundum hebreos dicitur in iob eliud buzites.

Linz, Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek, Hs. 490 (Schiffmann 26) (Lz1)

Manuscript group AT2

Köln, Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, W 247 (Kö)

Manuscript group BE1

Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696 (K)

Manuscript group FR1

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste nachor cum
exisset de chaldea ducta in uxorem
melcha filia fratris aram extincti mo
ratus in charram. mesopotamie
mortuo ibi suo patre. et ab
ram in terra canahan peregrinan
te. hos tres fratres. hus.
buz. batuel cum
aliis ve.
genu
it.

Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Sal. IX, 40 (H)

Manuscript group GB3

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Iste Nachor cum exisset de chaldea ducta in
uxorem melcha filia fratris sui aram extincti.
moratus in carran mesopotamie. mortuo
ibi patre suo. et abraham in terra chanaan
peregrinante. hos tres fratres. hus. buz.
batuel. cum aliis quinque genuit. de
quorum uno scilicet buz. descendit balaam.
qui secundum hebreos dicitur in iob! eliud buzites
dicitur.

Version 2

Cleveland, Museum of Art, 1973.5 (Cl)

Admont, Benediktinerstift, Cod. 128 (Ad)

Manuscript group AT3

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11 (F1)

Manuscript group FR3

Version 3

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 83 (C3)

Manuscript group GB2

Version 4

Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. germ. quart 13 (Fm)

Manuscript group CH1

Version 6

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. Apel 1 (Le1)

Manuscript group NL1

Citation recommendation

On Nahor, Son of Terah: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-nachor2.

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Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
Mercator Fellows: Laura Cleaver and Franz Fischer