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Genesis 11:29

Genesis 11:29
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.

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Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Milcah, the daughter of Haran - Many suppose Sarai and Iscah are the same person under two different names; but this is…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 11:27-32

Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous, henceforward, in both Testaments. We have here,

I. His country: Ur…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Sarai Abram's wife was, according to Gen 20:12, his half-sister, i.e. a daughter of Terah by another wife. Milcah,…

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