Genesis 11:29

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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 Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.

30And Sarai was barren: she had no child.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:15And God said to Abraham, [As to] Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

Genesis 22:20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also has borne sons to thy brother Nahor:

Genesis 24:24And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.

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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