KJV 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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Genesis 11
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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.
30 But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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וַיִּקַּ֨חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאַבְרָ֧םH87 · av.ramAbramוְנָח֛וֹרH5152 · na.chorNahorלָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemנָשִׁ֑יםH802 · ish.shahwomanשֵׁ֤םH8034 · shemnameאֵֽשֶׁת־H802 · ish.shahwomanאַבְרָם֙H87 · av.ramAbramשָׂרָ֔יH8297 · sa.raySaraiוְשֵׁ֤םH8034 · shemnameאֵֽשֶׁת־H802 · ish.shahwomanנָחוֹר֙H5152 · na.chorNahorמִלְכָּ֔הH4435 · mil.kahMilcahבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterהָרָ֥ןH2039 · ha.ranHaranאֲבִֽי־H1 · avfatherמִלְכָּ֖הH4435 · mil.kahMilcahוַֽאֲבִ֥יH1 · avfatherיִסְכָּֽה׃H3252 · yis.kahIscah
Cross-references
Genesis 17:15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].Genesis 22:20And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;Genesis 20:12And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.Genesis 24:15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
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