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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
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Sarai
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Gen 17:15; Gen 20:12 |
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Milcah
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Gen 22:20; Gen 24:15 |
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Iscah
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"Iscah is called the daughter-in-law of Terah, (Gen 11:31,) as being Abram's wife; yet Abram afterwards said, ""she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother."" (Gen 20:12.) Probably Haran was the eldest son of Terah, and Abram his youngest by another wife; and thus Sarai was the daughter, or grand-daughter of Terah, Abram's father, but not of his mother." |
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Gen 17:15 |
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be]. |
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Gen 20:12 |
And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. |
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Gen 22:20 |
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; |
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Gen 24:15 |
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. |
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Gen 11:31 |
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. |
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Gen 20:12 |
And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 11:29," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/11/29.html>.
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