Genesis 22:20

After these things, it was told Abraham that Melcha also had borne children to Nachor his brother.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

19Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there.

21Hus the firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians,

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Cross References

Genesis 11:26And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.

Genesis 11:29And 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.

Genesis 24:10And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forth and went on to Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.

Genesis 24:24And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor.

Proverbs 25:25As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good tidings 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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