Person Old Testament
Tahash
Also known as Tahash =ESV, NIV; Thahash =KJV
Tahash was a son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his concubine Reumah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Genesis 22:24.
Why it matters. Son of Nahor and Reumah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Tahash
Tahash is mentioned in Gen.22.24 as a son of Nahor and his concubine Reumah. Nahor was Abraham's brother, making Tahash Abraham's nephew. Tahash is listed along with his brothers Tebah, Gaham, and Maacah. No other details are provided about Tahash's life or descendants. As a son of Nahor, he was born in Mesopotamia, where Abraham and his family originated.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Genesis (1 verse)