Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
30And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
Cross References
Genesis 17:15God said also to Abraham: Sarai thy wife thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara.
Genesis 22:20After these things, it was told Abraham that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother.
Genesis 24:24And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor.
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 →