Ora (; ; ) was the wife of

Reu Reu or Ragau (; ), according to Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, was the son of Peleg and the father of Serug, thus being Abraham's great-great-grandfather and the ancestor of the Israelites and Ishmaelites. In scriptures According to the apo ...

, and the mother of

Serug Serug ( – ''Śərūḡ'', "branch"; – ''Seroúkh'') was the son of Reu and the father of Nahor, according to Genesis 11:20–23. He is also the great-grandfather of Abraham, thus the ancestor of the Ishmaelites and the Israelites. In s ...

, according to the

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. She is consequently the paternal great-great-grandmother of

Abraham Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the Covenant (biblical), covenanta ...

, therefore an ancestor of the

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and

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. The Book of Jubilees further implies that

Arphaxad Arpachshad ( – ʾArpaḵšaḏ; – ''ʾArpaḵšaḏ'', in pausa – ''ʾArpaḵšāḏ''; – ''Arphaxád''), alternatively spelled Arphaxad or Arphacsad, is one of the postdiluvian men in the ShemTerah genealogy. The name is ...

is the grandfather of Ur, as the immediate progenitor of Ur, son of Kesed, making Arphaxad the great-grandfather of Ora. This makes Ora a great-great-great granddaughter of

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and Naamah. This also makes Ora and her husband

second cousins twice removed. In the Book of Jubilees, she is described as giving birth to Serug "in the seventh year of this week in this jubilee.", which has been identified as 1820 AM according to Masoretic chronology.

Etymology

Ora's Hebrew name, ''ערה'', means "to lay bare" or "pour out". In addition, she shares a name identical with that of

'Ara Ara (; ) is a village in the Haifa District in northern Israel, located in the Wadi Ara valley. Since 1985, 'Ara has been part of the Ar'ara local council. It is located north of highway 65, between Ar'ara and Kfar Qara. Its population of 4,6 ...

, a village in Northern Israel, established some time during the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

. In addition, Ora's paternal line, Ur, son of Kasdim, is the same as

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, the birthplace of Abraham. It is stated in the Book of Jubilees that the city was founded by Ur. {{ahnentafel , collapsed=yes , align=center , boxstyle_1 = background-color: #fcc; , boxstyle_2 = background-color: #fb9; , boxstyle_3 = background-color: #ffc; , boxstyle_4 = background-color: #bfc; , boxstyle_5 = background-color: #9fe; , 1 = Ura , 2 = Ur , 3 = , 4 = Kesed , 5 = , 6 = , 7 = , 8 =

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, 33 = Naamah , 34 = , 35 = , 36 =

Elam Elam () was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of modern-day southern Iraq. The modern name ''Elam'' stems fr ...

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References

Book of Genesis people Book of Jubilees Women in the Old Testament apocrypha