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Genesis 11:29 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Genesis 11:29

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27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.

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

30 Sarai was barren. She had no child.

31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

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Abraham

  • Sarah Abraham is the husband of Sarah.
    Source: Genesis 11:29
    Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
    Read Genesis 11:29
  • Ishmael Abraham is the father of Ishmael.
    Source: Genesis 16:15
    Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
    Read Genesis 16:15
  • Isaac Abraham is the father of Isaac.
    Source: Genesis 21:3
    Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
    Read Genesis 21:3

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Sarah

  • Abraham Abraham is the husband of Sarah.
    Source: Genesis 11:29
    Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
    Read Genesis 11:29
  • Isaac Sarah is the mother of Isaac.
    Source: Genesis 21:3
    Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
    Read Genesis 21:3

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.

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Genesis 16:1

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"Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar."

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Genesis 16:3

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"Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife."

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1 Chronicles 1:26

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"Serug, Nahor, Terah,"

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1 Chronicles 2:46

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"Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez."

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Numbers 36:11

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"for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’ sons."

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Luke 3:34

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"the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,"

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Genesis 11:1

"The whole earth was of one language and of one speech."

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"As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there."

Genesis 11:3

"They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar."

Genesis 11:4

"They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”"

Genesis 11:5

"The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built."

Genesis 11:6

"The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do."

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