Milcah

Milcah
Born
Ur Kaśdim, Kaldea, Sumer
(present-day southern Iraq)
Other namesMilkāh
SpouseNahor
ParentHaran
RelativesLot (brother), Iscah (sister), Abraham (uncle), Nahor (uncle)

Milcah (Hebrew: מִלְכָּה 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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