Avram and Nachor took wives. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife, Milkah, the daughter of Charan who was also the father of Yiskah.
Genesis 17:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) God said to Avraham, *As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai; but Sarah [Princess] her name shall be. American Standard Version (1901) And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. Common English Bible God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, you will no longer call her Sarai. Her name will now be Sarah. Catholic Public Domain Version God said also to Abraham: "Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God said also to Abraham: Sarai, thy wife, thou shalt not call Sarai, but Sara. |
Avram and Nachor took wives. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife, Milkah, the daughter of Charan who was also the father of Yiskah.
The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.*
I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.*
Neither will your name any more be called Avram, but your name will be Avraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
He said, *Your name will no longer be called Ya`akov, but Yisra'el; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.*
and he sent by the hand of Natan the prophet; and he named him Yedidyah, for the LORD's sake.
Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock whence you were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence you were dug.