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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. Marriages of comparatively close relatives were still the rule at that time, for Nahor married his niece, and Abram his half-sister, Genesis 20:12.

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See also Genesis 11:29 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 11:29. _MILCAH, THE DAUGHTER OF HARAN_] Many suppose _Sarai_ and _Iscah_ are the same person under two different names; but this is improbable, as _Iscah_ is expressly said to be the dau...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Section X - Abraham - XXXVI. The Father of Abram 27. לוט _lôṭ_, Lot, “veil;” verb: “cover.” 28. אוּר _'ûr_, Ur, “light, flame.” כשׂדים _kaśdı̂ym_, Kasdim, Cardi, Kurds, Χαλδαῖοι _Kaldaioi_....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 11:1-9 THE TOWER OF BABEL AND THE SCATTERING OF THE NATIONS _ 1. The unity of the nations in Shinar (Genesis 11:1)_ 2. Their attempt: “Let us make” (Genesis 11:3) 3. The divine answer: “Let...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONS OF TERAH. Derived from P and J. Genesis 11:27 and Genesis 11:31 f. are clearly from P, Genesis 11:28 probably from J (there are phraseological grounds), and...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ISCAH. See App-29....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Sons of Terah. (J and P.) 27. _Now these are_, &c. The story of Abram commences here with the heading of a section from P. Cf. Genesis 25:19, "And these are the generations of Isaac." _Haran bega...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Sarai_ Abram's wife was, according to Genesis 20:12, his half-sister, i.e. a daughter of Terah by another wife. Milcah, Nahor's wife, is Nahor's niece. Whether in these marriages we have to deal with...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART TWENTY-FIVE: THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH (Genesis 11:27-32) _The Central Theme (Motif) of the Bible_ The Bible is not, was never intended to be, a book of science, or a book of philosophy (which i...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ Abram and Nahor...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    11:29 Sarai; (d-13) My princess....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Nahor’s brother Haran died. After that, Nahor married Haran’s daughter Milcah. So Nahor married his niece. In those times, a man would marry his niece if her father had died. TERAH AND ABRAM LEAVE UR...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 11 THE TALL BUILDING AT BABEL V1 All the people who were on the earth had one language. They all had one set of words. V2 And men travelled from...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ISCAH. — Not the same as Sarai, for we learn in Genesis 20:12 that she was Abraham’s half-sister — that is, a daughter of Terah by another wife. Nor was she Lot’s wife, as Ewald supposed, for she was...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָ֧ם וְ נָחֹ֛ור לָהֶ֖ם נָשִׁ֑

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CALL OF ABRAHAM Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1 WITH Abraham there opens a new chapter in the history of the race; a chapter of the profoundest significance. The consequences of Abraham's movements a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE GENERATIONS UNTIL ABRAM Genesis 11:10 The inwardness of the movement of Terah's clan from Ur is given in Acts 7:3. Apparently his father was unwilling for Abram to go alone on his far-pilgrimage,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter we have the account of a human movement against dispersion. The movement was one of rebellion and was frustrated by divine interposition. The divine intention was the covering of the w...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    A FAMILY FOR GOD'S PURPOSE For the Savior to come to earth as the seed of woman and shed his blood, he had to be born. Such a birth would require a family, or lineage. Naturally, we would expect God...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 (m) Iscah. (m) Some thi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Jescha, whom many confound with Sarai, as if both Nacher and Abram had married the daughters of their brother Aran. But why then does Moses mention Sarai before, and then call her Jescha in the same...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. Chapter s 10, 11 give us the history of the world as peopled and established after the deluge, and the ways of men in this new world; the great pla...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND ABRAM AND NAHOR TOOK THEM WIVES,.... Very probably after the death of their elder brother Haran, whose daughters they married, at least one of them did, and some think both; THE NAME OF ABRAHAM'S...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 29. _And th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 One language in the world. 3 The building of Babel. 5 The confusion of tongues. 10 The generations of Shem. 27 The generations of Terah the father of Abram. 31 Terah goeth from Vr to Haran. 1...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    FIFTH SECTION _The race of Shem. The Commenced and Interrupted Migration of Terah to Canaan. The Genesis of the Contrast between Heathendom and the germinal Patriarchalism_ GENESIS 11:10-32 1. Gene...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    BABEL: THE CITY AND THE TOWER Up to this time there was only one language. In the world today men wish they could have this advantage, but God is wiser than men. Men desire this for the very same rea...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    27-32 Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promis...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Such marriages of uncles and nieces being permitted then, EXODUS 6:20, (as in the beginning of the world the marriages of brethren and sisters were), though afterwards, the church being very much enla...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This is a chapter of very deep interest to the spiritual mind. It records two great facts, namely, the building of Babel, and the call of Abraham; or, in other words, man's effort to provide for himse...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 11:29 Abram H87 Nahor H5152 took H3947 (H8799) wives H802 name H8034 Abrams H87 wife H802 Sarai...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CALL OF ABRAM (GENESIS 11:27 TO GENESIS 12:9) Genesis 11:27 ‘Terah begat Abram, Nahor and Haran, and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativit...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Failure under Noamic covenant. Tower of Babel. Scattering of the people. Ancestry of Abram. CHARACTERS: Shem, Terah, Abram, Lot, Sarai. CONCLUSION: Man ever builds under the heavens, seeki...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 11:1. _One language_ or lip. These words are to be literally understood, because it is added, God confounded their language. There has been a long and unavailing dispute whether the Chaldaic,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran_ THE DAWN OF ABRAM’S HISTORY Here we have the commencement of the sixth document, indicated by the usual preface, “These...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 11:29 The name SARAI is later changed to “Sarah” (see Genesis 17:15). The initial inability of the patriarchs’ wives to have children is a recurri

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 11:28. Ur of the Chaldees] “_Ur_ in Heb. means _light,_ and was probably so called from the Persian idolatry of _fire worship,_ prevalent among this people. Abram was called...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART III THE PATRIARCHAL AGE OF THE WORLD. CH. 11:27-50:26. 7. THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH (CH. 11:27-25:11). GENESIS 11:27 NOW (literally, _and, _intimating the close connection of the present with th...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter eleven. The whole earth was of one language, and one speech (Genesis 11:1). Probably Hebrew because in the earlier record of the book of Genesis, the names of the people were Hebrew n...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Sarai. Genesis 17:15 Genesis 20:12 Milcah. Genesis 22:20 Genesis 24:15 Sarai....

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