Genesis 22:20

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

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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;

In Context

19Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

21Uz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:29And 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.

Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.

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

Proverbs 25:25As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:16-20

Abraham's Blessing Confirmed. ( b. c. 1872.) 15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord , for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of… Read the whole commentary →

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