Genesis 11:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

Abram and Nahor both married; Abram’s wife was Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was Milcah the daughter of Haran, father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha.

Genesis 11:29 Cross References

Genesis 17:15

God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

Genesis 20:12

Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.

Genesis 22:20

Now after these things it was told Abraham, “Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

Genesis 22:23

Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Genesis 24:10

Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, taking all kinds of choice gifts from his master, and he set out and went to Aram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:15

Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder.

Genesis 24:24

She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”