Genesis 11:29

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Abram & Nachor toke them wiues: the name of Abrams wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachors wyfe, was Milcha, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcha, & the father of Iischa.

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  • Gen 17:15 : 15 And God sayde vnto Abraham: Sarai thy wyfe shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sara shall her name be.
  • Gen 22:20 : 20 And after these thynges, one tolde Abraham, saying: beholde Milcha, she hath also borne chyldren vnto thy brother Nachor,
  • Gen 24:15 : 15 And it came to passe yer he had lefte speakyng, beholde, Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bethuel, sonne to Milcha, the wyfe of Nachor Abrahams brother, and her pytcher vpon her shoulder:
  • Gen 20:12 : 12 Yet in very deede she is my sister, for she is ye daughter of my father, though she be not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wyfe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 11:30-31
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    78%

    30But Sarai was baren, and had no chylde.

    31And Tarah toke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wyfe, and they departed together from Ur of the Chaldees, that they myght go into the land of Chanaan: and they came vnto Haran, and dwelt there.

  • Gen 22:20
    78%

    20And after these thynges, one tolde Abraham, saying: beholde Milcha, she hath also borne chyldren vnto thy brother Nachor,

  • Gen 22:22-23
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    76%

    22And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Iidlaph, and Bethuel.

    23And Bethuel begat Rebecca. These eyght did Milcha beare to Nachor Abrahams brother.

  • Gen 28:9
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    9Then went Esau vnto Ismael, and toke vnto the wyues which he had Mahalah the daughter of Ismael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nebaioth to be his wyfe.

  • Gen 16:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

    2And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: beholde, nowe the Lorde hath restrayned me, that I can not beare, I pray thee go in to my mayde, it may be that I may be builded by her: and Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

    3And Sarai Abrams wyfe toke Hagar her mayde the Egyptian, after Abram hadde dwelled ten yeres in the lande of Chanaan, and gaue her to her husbande Abram to be his wyfe.

  • Gen 11:24-28
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    73%

    24And Nachor lyued nyne and twentie yeres, and begat Tarah.

    25And Nachor liued after he begat Tarah an hundreth and nineteene yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters.

    26Tarah liued seuentie yeres, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.

    27These are the generations of Tarah: Tarah begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran: Haron begat Lot.

    28And Haran dyed in the presence of his father Tarah, in the lande of his natiuitie, euen in Ur of the Chaldees.

  • Gen 25:1
    73%

    1Abraham proceeded further, and toke hym another wyfe, called Cetura.

  • Gen 12:5
    73%

    5And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe, and Lot his brothers sonne, & all their substaunce that they had in possession, and the soules that they had begotten in Haran, and they departed, that they might come into the lande of Chanaan: and into the lande of Chanaan they came.

  • Gen 20:2
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    2And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe, she is my syster: And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent, and fet Sara away.

  • Gen 28:2
    72%

    2Arise, and get thee to Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and there take thee a wyfe of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.

  • Gen 20:12
    71%

    12Yet in very deede she is my sister, for she is ye daughter of my father, though she be not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wyfe.

  • Gen 24:15
    71%

    15And it came to passe yer he had lefte speakyng, beholde, Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bethuel, sonne to Milcha, the wyfe of Nachor Abrahams brother, and her pytcher vpon her shoulder:

  • Gen 36:2
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    2Esau toke his wiues of ye daughters of Chanaan: Ada ye daughter of Ebon an Hethite, and Aholibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sibeon an Heuite,

  • Gen 25:20
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    20And Isahac was fourtie yere olde when he toke Rebecca to wyfe, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, and sister to Laban the Syrian.

  • Gen 24:24
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    24She aunswered hym: I am the daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Milcha whiche she bare vnto Nachor.

  • 1 Chr 1:26
    70%

    26Serug, Nahor, Therah,

  • Gen 17:15
    70%

    15And God sayde vnto Abraham: Sarai thy wyfe shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sara shall her name be.

  • Gen 24:4
    70%

    4But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac.

  • 1 Chr 1:28
    70%

    28The sonnes of Abraham: Isahac, and Ismael.