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Milcah ( Milkāh , related to the Hebrew word for " queen ") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor in Genesis .1Milcah was a woman of ancient Mesopotamia and an ancestor of the patriarch Jacob . Milcah was born to Haran, who had another daughter, Iscah . The Jewish Encyclopedia states that this is the Haran who died in Ur, the brother of Abraham, and father of Lot; but notes Ibn Ezra's commentary on Gen. 11:29 which indicates that Haran, Milcah's father, was a different person from Haran, Abraham's brother. ( Gen. 11:29. ) In the Babylonian Talmud , Rabbi Isaac presumes that the two men with the name Haran are one person. If that is true, then Milcah married to her uncle. Although Leviticus would later outlaw marriages between aunt and nephew ( Lev. 18:14, 20:19 ), it did not rule out marriage between uncle and niece. (See, e.g., Gunther Plaut , The Torah: a Modern Commentary , 881. New York: UAHC, 1981.) The Talmud approved of a man who married his sister’s daughter. (Yevamot 62b-63a.) And in the Talmud, Rabbi Isaac equates Milcah’s sister Iscah with Sarah (then Sarai), who married Abraham (then Abram), who was also their uncle. (Sanhedrin 69b.) Thus, according to Rabbi Isaac, the two sisters, Milcah and Iscah, married the two brothers, Nahor and Abraham. Milcah and Nahor had eight children, Uz, Buz , Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel . ( Gen. 22:21. ) Targum Jonathan says that Providence granted Milcah conception in the merit of her sister Sarah. (Targum Jonathan to Gen. 22:20.) Nahor also had four children by his concubine , Reumah. ( Gen. 22:24. ) Milcah’s son Bethuel moved to Padan-aram and fathered Rebekah . ( Gen. 22:23 , Gen. 24:15 , Gen. 24:15–47 ) Milcah’s granddaughter Rebekah then married Milcah’s nephew Isaac ( Gen. 24:67; , Gen. 25:20; ), and gave birth to Jacob ( Gen. 25:21–26 ), who became Israel . ( Gen. 32:28; , Gen. 35:10 , According to a Midrash , Milcah was the forbearer of all the prophets in the world.2
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people3 Milcah (related to the Hebrew word for " queen ") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor in Genesis . Milcah was a woman of ancient Mesopotamia and an ancestor of the patriarch Jacob . Milcah was born to the man Haran, who also had another daughter, Iscah , and a son, Lot . ( Gen. 11:27, 29. ) Milcah’s father Haran died in Ur before his father Terah . ( Gen. 11:28. ) Milcah married her uncle Nahor , Haran’s brother. ( Gen. 11:29. ) Although Leviticus would later outlaw marriages between aunt and nephew ( Lev. 18:14, 20:19 ), it did not rule out marriage between uncle and niece. (See, e.g., Gunther Plaut , The Torah: a Modern Commentary , 881. New York: UAHC, 1981.) The Talmud approved of a man who married his sister’s daughter. (Yevamot 62b-63a.) And in the Talmud, Rabbi Isaac equates Milcah’s sister Iscah with Sarah (then Sarai), who married Abraham (then Abram), who was also their uncle. (Sanhedrin 69b.) Thus, according to Rabbi Isaac, the two sisters, Milcah and Iscah, married the two brothers, Nahor and Abraham. Milcah and Nahor had eight children, Uz, Buz , Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel . ( Gen. 22:21. ) Targum Jonathan says that Providence granted Milcah conception in the merit of her sister Sarah. (Targum Jonathan to Gen. 22:20.) Nahor also had four children by his concubine , Reumah. ( Gen. 22:24. ) Milcah’s son Bethuel moved to Padan-aram and fathered Rebekah . ( Gen. 22:23; 24:15, 24, 47. ) Milcah’s granddaughter Rebekah then married Milcah’s nephew Isaac ( Gen. 24:67; 25:20 ), and gave birth to Jacob ( Gen. 25:21–26 ), who became Israel . According to a Midrash , Milcah was the forbearer of all the prophets in the world.
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Milcah ( – Milkāh , related to the Hebrew word for " queen ") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor , according to the genealogies of Genesis .She is identified as the grandmother of Rebecca in biblical tradition, and some texts of the Midrash have identified her as Sarah ' s sister.
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Biblical character This article is about the daughter of Haran . Milcah ( Mīlkā , related to the Hebrew word for " queen ") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor , according to the genealogies of Genesis . She is identified as the grandmother of Rebecca in biblical tradition, and some texts of the Midrash have identified her as Sarah ' s sister.
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Biblical character This article is about the daughter of Haran . Milcah ( Hebrew : מִלְכָּה , romanized : Mīlkā , related to the Hebrew word for " queen ") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor , according to the genealogies of Genesis . She is identified as the mother of Bethuel and grandmother of Rebecca and Laban in biblical tradition, and some texts of the Midrash have identified her as Sarah ' s sister.
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