Genesis 11:29

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

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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.

In Context

28And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.

30And Sarai had no child.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:15And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

Genesis 22:20After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;

Genesis 24:24And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:28-32

The Generations of Terah. ( b. c. 1921.) 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 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. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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