Marriage of Nahor and Milcah
- Dates
- 1906–1850 BC
Genesis 11:29 says that Nahor took a wife, whose name was "Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah." Nahor is a brother of her father. Milcah had 8 sons, among whom was Bethuel, the father of Rebekah.
In detail
Milcah. This daughter of Haran, who had married her uncle Nahor (ch. 11:29), had given birth to eight sons, named in the following verses. It is not implied that Milcah had but recently begun to bear children (see on ch. 11:30), but that many years had passed since Abraham last heard from Nahor's family.
Bible passages
- 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.
Text of the King James Version.