Character Study on Milcah

Genesis 11: 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.

Genesis 22: And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

Genesis 22: And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Genesis 24: And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

Genesis 24: And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

Genesis 24: And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

Numbers 26: And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 27: Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 36: For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:

Joshua 17: But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Fausset's Bible Dictionary - Milcah

Hebrew ("queen"), or Aramaic ("counsel").

1. Haran's daughter and Nahor's wife; mother of Bethuel, and grandmother of Rebekah (Genesis 11:29; Genesis 22:20-23).

2. Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1.

Holman Bible Dictionary - Milcah

(muhl' cuh) Personal name meaning, “queen.” Abraham's niece and the wife of Nahor, the patriarch's brother. She bore eight sons, one of whom was Bethuel, Rebekah's father (Genesis 11:29 ; Genesis 24:15 ). 2 . One of five daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 26:33 ), left without support after the death of their father. They pled their case before Moses for an inheritance as a son would receive. In a landmark ruling for Israel, God commanded Moses to give each of the daughters an inheritance from their father's estate (Numbers 27:1-8 ); Numbers 36:11 ; Joshua 17:3 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Milcah

MILCAH. 1. Daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor ( Genesis 11:29 ). The names of her children are given in Genesis 22:20 ff. Rebekah was her granddaughter ( Genesis 24:15 ; Genesis 24:24 ; Genesis 24:47 ). 2. Daughter of Zelophehad, Numbers 26:33 ; Numbers 27:1 ; Numbers 36:11 , Joshua 17:3 (all P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ).

Hitchcock's Bible Names - Milcah

Queen

The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Milcah

We meet with two of this name, one the daughter of Aram, (Genesis 11:29) and the other, the daughter of Zslophehad, (Numbers 26:33) The name is derived from Malkah, queen.

Morrish Bible Dictionary - Milcah

1. Daughterof Haran, and wife of Nahor. Genesis 11:29 ; Genesis 22:20,23 ; Genesis 24:15,24,47 .

2. Daughter of Zelophehad. Numbers 26:33 ; Numbers 27:1 ; Numbers 36:11 ; Joshua 17:3 .

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Pildash - One of Nahor's eight sons by Milcah (Genesis 22:22)

Iscah - Spy, the daughter of Haran and sister of Milcah and Lot (Genesis 11:29,31 )

Iscah - A daughter of Haran and sister of Milcah, Genesis 11:29 (J [Note: Jahwist

ha'zo - (vision ), a son of Nahor, by Milcah his wife

Huz - (light, sandy soil ), the eldest son of Nahor and Milcah

Huz - Eldest son of Nahor and Milcah

Pildash - Son of Nahor and Milcah, (Genesis 22:22) If from Palah, ruin, it should seem that the name means somewhat ruinous

Pil'Dash - (flame of fire ), one of the eight sons of Nahor, Abraham's brother by Iris wife and niece, Milcah

Bethuel - the son of Nahor and Milcah

Iscah - Daughter of Haran, Abram's brother; sister of Milcah and Lot

Kemuel - Nahor's son by Milcah, father of Bethuel (Rebekah's father) and Aram or Ram (Genesis 22:21; compare Job 32:2)

is'Cah - (one who looks forth ), daughter of Haran the brother of Abram, and sister of Milcah and of Lot

be'Thuel - (dweller in God ), the son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah, ( Genesis 22:22,23 ; 24:15,24,47 ; 28:2 ) In (Genesis 25:20 ) and (Genesis 28:5 ) he is called "Bethuel the Syrian

Buz -
The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Genesis 22:21 )

Daughters of zelophehad - Mahlah, Noa, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah�five daughters of Zelophehad, who passed away in the desert leaving behind no sons

Hazo - Son of Nahor and Milcah: the location of his descendants is not known

Milcah - Milcah

Bethuel -
The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Genesis 22:22,23 ; 24:15,24,47 )

Iscah - ” Daughter of Haran and sister of Milcah (Nahor's wife) and Lot

Buz - The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and nephew of Abraham ( Genesis 22:21 )

Kem'Uel -
The son of Nahor by Milcah, and father of Aram

Chesed - One of the sons of Nahor and Milcah ( Genesis 22:22 J [Note: Jahwist

Nahor - Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, by whom he had several sons, namely, Huz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel

Nahor - He married Milcah his niece in Ur of the Chaldees, Genesis 11:26,29 , but seems to have transferred his residence to Haran, Genesis 24:10 27:43

Nahor - He is said to have married Milcah, daughte of Haran ( Genesis 11:29 ), and twelve sohs are enumerated eight by Milcah and four by Re’umah his concubim ( Genesis 22:20-24 )

na'Hor - He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran; and when Abraham and Lot migrated to Canaan, Nahor remained behind in the land of his birth, on the eastern side of the Euphrates

Nahor - He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran (Genesis 11:27-32 )

Nahor - He married Milcah, his niece, who bore eight sons for him (Genesis 11:29 ; Genesis 22:20-22 )

Nachor - ) Nahor was his elder brother; married Milcah his niece, Haran's daughter, who bore eight sons (Genesis 11:26-29; Genesis 22:20-24)

Haran - The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah

Ut - ) ... A son of Nahor by Milcah

Haran - He was the father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah, Genesis 11:26 , &c

Haran - " The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah

Uz - The name occurs... (1) in Genesis 10:23 as son of Aram and grandson (as "son" means in 1 Chronicles 1:17) of Shem;... (2) as son of Nahor by Milcah (Genesis 22:21);... (3) as son of Dishan and grandson of Seir (Genesis 36:28)

ha'Ran - , Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver

Sarah - ) Sarah is Iscah, sister of Milcah and Lot (called "brother of Abraham. As Nahor married his niece Milcah, so Abraham (Genesis 11:27), the youngest brother of the three, his niece Sarah, "daughter," i

Haran - ] ), also father of Milcah and Iscah, Genesis 11:29 (J [Note: Jahwist

Lot - ) His sisters were Milcah the wife of Nahor, and Iscah, by some identified with Sarah

Lot - His sisters were Milcah the wife of Nahor, and Iscah, by some identified with Sarah

Rebekah - The daughter of Bethnel, the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, and his wife Milcah ( Genesis 22:23 )

Abraham - Haran died before Terah, leaving Lot and two daughters, Milcah and Iscah. Nahor married his niece Milcah: Abraham Iscah, i

Chronology - Since Milcah married her uncle Nahor, so Iscah, = Sarai, her uncle Abraham; hence, he calls her his sister, as granddaughter of (i