Genesis 11:29

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife `is' Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife `is' Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:15 : 15 And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah `is' her name;
  • Gen 22:20 : 20 And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother:
  • Gen 24:15 : 15 And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder,
  • Gen 20:12 : 12 and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

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    30And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child.

    31And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.

  • Gen 22:20
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    20And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother:

  • Gen 22:22-23
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    1And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name `is' Hagar;

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  • Gen 11:24-28
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    24And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah.

    25And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

    26And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

    27And these `are' births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;

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    1And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name `is' Keturah;

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    5And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan.

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    2rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother;

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    12and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

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    15And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder,

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    26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

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    15And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah `is' her name;

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    28Sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.