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Genesis 11 relates that Abram and his brother Nahor married Sarai and Milcah, respectively (v. 29).
Sarah/Sarai: Bible. 2009
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In so doing, he too will marry into the family of Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, the grandfather of Rebekah, and the great-grandfather of Rachel and Leah.
Leah: Bible. 2009
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And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
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Family Ties: Wife, Sarai later named Sarah; father, Terah; brothers, Nahor and Haran; nephew, Lot; sister-in-law, Milcah; sons, Ishmael and Isaac
Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008
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Family Ties: Wife, Sarai later named Sarah; father, Terah; brothers, Nahor and Haran; nephew, Lot; sister-in-law, Milcah; sons, Ishmael and Isaac
Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008
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And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
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As he read from the Biblical genealogy — "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" — parishioners scribbled on the family group sheets tucked into their disused hymnals.
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And 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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And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
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