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'''Milcah''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''מלכה''', ''Milkah''; "queen") was the daughter of [[Haran]], sister of [[Lot]] and [[Sarah]], and wife of [[Nahor (son of Terah)|Nahor]].

== Family ==
She married Nahor sometime before the departure of [[Abraham]] for [[Canaan (land)|Canaan]]. ({{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=11|verses=29}}) They had eight sons: [[Uz]], [[Buz]], [[Kemuel]], [[Chesed]], [[Hazo]], [[Pildash]], [[Jidlaph]], and [[Bethuel]]. ({{bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=22|verses=20-23}})

Her son Bethuel later had two famous children, [[Rebekah]] and [[Laban]], each of whom were prominent ancestors of the house of [[Israel]].


==See Also==
* [[Israel]]
* [[Islam]]
* [[Palestine]]

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[[Category:Book of Genesis Persons]]
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