Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
Told
Milcah
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Bible References
Told
Proverbs 25:25
Like cold water to a thirsty soul,
So is good news from a distant land.
Like cold water to a thirsty soul,
So is good news from a distant land.
Milcah
Genesis 11:29
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.
Genesis 24:15
Before Eliezer had finished speaking (praying), Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder. Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Nahor
Genesis 11:26
After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram and Nahor and Haran [his firstborn].
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels, and set out, taking some of his master’s good things with him; so he got up and journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers], to the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham’s brother].
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham [your father] and the God of Nahor [my father], and the god [the image of worship] of their father [Terah, an idolater], judge between us.” But Jacob swore [only] by [the one true God] the Fear of his father Isaac.
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Genesis 24:24
And she said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah’s son, whom she bore to [her husband] Nahor.”