Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 17:15 : 15 Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
- Gen 22:20 : 20 After these things Abraham was told,“Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor–
- Gen 24:15 : 15 Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah(Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).
- Gen 20:12 : 12 What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.
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- Gen 11:30-312 verses78%
30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
31Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot(the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.
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20After these things Abraham was told,“Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor–
- Gen 22:22-232 verses76%
22Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23(Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
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9So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had.
- Gen 16:1-33 verses75%
1The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
2So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.
3So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.
- Gen 11:24-285 verses73%
24When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
25And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27The Record of Terah This is the account of Terah.Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.
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1The Death of Abraham Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah.
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5And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan.
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2Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
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2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
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12What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife.
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15Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah(Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).
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2Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
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20When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
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24She said to him,“I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.
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26Serug, Nahor, Terah,
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15Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
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4You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”
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28The sons of Abraham:Isaac and Ishmael.