Gen 11:29 | TNotes | STEP | 11:29 Sarai means “princess” in Hebrew. No mention is made of Sarai’s parentage, perhaps to add suspense to the Abimelech story, which reveals that she was Abram’s half sister (20:9-12 ). Later, the law prohibited such a marriage (Lev 18:9 ; 20:17 ; Deut 27:22 ). • Nahor’s wife was Milcah: Milcah was Haran’s daughter and Nahor’s niece (see Gen 11:29 ). Her son Bethuel was the father of Rebekah, the wife of Abram’s son Isaac (24:10 , 15 , 24 ). The name Milcah is related to the Hebrew word meaning “queen.” In Akkadian, it is a title of the goddess Ishtar, the moon-god’s daughter. Terah’s name is related to the word for “moon” in Hebrew; his whole family appears to have worshiped Sin, the moon-god (see Josh 24:14 ).

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11:29 ^a Sarai means “princess” in Hebrew. No mention is made of Sarai’s parentage, perhaps to add suspense to the Abimelech story, which reveals that she was Abram’s half sister (20:9-12 ^b). Later, the law prohibited such a marriage (Lev 18:9 ^c; 20:17 ^d; Deut 27:22 ^e).

• Nahor’s wife was Milcah: Milcah was Haran’s daughter and Nahor’s niece (see Gen 11:29 ^f). Her son Bethuel was the father of Rebekah, the wife of Abram’s son Isaac (24:10 ^g, 15 ^h, 24 ⁱ). The name Milcah is related to the Hebrew word meaning “queen.” In Akkadian, it is a title of the goddess Ishtar, the moon-god’s daughter. Terah’s name is related to the word for “moon” in Hebrew; his whole family appears to have worshiped Sin, the moon-god (see Josh 24:14 ^j).