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It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
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A Providential Bridge
Commentators agree this family update is not random. Coming immediately after the ultimate test of faith with Isaac, it serves as a crucial narrative bridge. God is providentially setting the stage for the next chapter of the covenant: finding a wife for Isaac from among Abraham's own relatives, thus preparing for the continuation of the promised line.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
2. מריה morı̂yâh — “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh; Septuagint, ὑψηλή hupsēlē — Onkelos, “w…
19th Century
Anglican
NAHOR’S POSTERITY.
Thy brother Nahor. — Dwelling so far apart, news would seldom reach Abraham of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, after these things Abraham's taking his son Isaac to the land of Moriah, building an altar on one of…
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This chapter ends with some account of Nahor's family, who had settled at Haran. This seems to be given for the connection which it had with the ch…
