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Genesis 11:29
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Genesis 11:29

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New American Standard Bible

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

International Standard Version

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 Milcah and Iscah.

A Conservative Version

And Abram and Nahor took wives to themselves. 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.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai (later called Sarah), and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Bible in Basic English

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, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Darby Translation

And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of the wife of Abram [was] Sarai, and the name of the wife of Nahor [was] Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Modern King James verseion

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. 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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Abram and Nahor took them wives. Abram's wife was called Sarai. And Nahor's wife, Milcah the daughter of Haran; which was father of Milcah and of Iscah.

NET Bible

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, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

New Heart English Bible

And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

The Emphasized Bible

And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abrams wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Themes

Abraham » Marries sarah

Genealogy » To abraham

Haran » Father of lot and brother of abraham

Incest » Instances of » Nahor

Iscah » Daughter of haran and sister of lot

Marriage » Consanguinous, abraham and sarah

Milcah » The wife of nahor and the mother of bethuel

Nahor » Brother of abraham » Marriage and descendants of

Sarah » Also called sarai » Wife of abraham

Shem (sem) » Descendants of

Terah » The father of abraham

Topics

Named Wives

Fathers And Daughters

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Abram
H87
אברם 
'Abram 
Abram
Usage: 61

and Nahor
H5152
נחור 
Nachowr 
Nahor
Usage: 18

took
H3947
לקח 
Laqach 
take, receive, take away, fetch, bring, get, take out, carry away, married, buy,
Usage: 966

them wives
H802
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
wife, woman, one, married, female,
Usage: 780

the name
H8034
שׁם 
Shem 
name, renown, fame, famous, named, named , famous , infamous , report,
Usage: 865

of Abram's
H87
אברם 
'Abram 
Abram
Usage: 61

wife
H802
H802
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
wife, woman, one, married, female,
wife, woman, one, married, female,
Usage: 780
Usage: 780

was Sarai
H8297
שׂרי 
Saray 
Sarai
Usage: 17

and the name
H8034
שׁם 
Shem 
name, renown, fame, famous, named, named , famous , infamous , report,
Usage: 865

of Nahor's
H5152
נחור 
Nachowr 
Nahor
Usage: 18

Milcah
H4435
מלכּה 
Milkah 
Milcah
Usage: 11

the daughter
H1323
בּת 
Bath 
daughter, town, village, owl , first, apple, branches, children, company, daughter +, eye, old
Usage: 587

of Haran
H2039
הרן 
Haran 
Haran
Usage: 7

the father
H1
אב 
'ab 
father, chief, families, desire, fatherless , forefathers , patrimony, prince, principal
Usage: 1214

of Milcah
H4435
מלכּה 
Milkah 
Milcah
Usage: 11

and the father
H1
אב 
'ab 
father, chief, families, desire, fatherless , forefathers , patrimony, prince, principal
Usage: 1214

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 11:29

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Descendants Of Terah

28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Abram

Haran

Iscah

Milcah

Nahor

Sarah

Sarai

Cross References

Genesis 17:15

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

Genesis 22:20

Now it came about after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

Genesis 20:12

Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;

Genesis 24:15

Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder.

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