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The Torah, however, relates Terah's death in Haran before Abram continues the journey to Canaan as an expression that he was not remiss in the Mitzvah of honoring a parent by leaving his aging father behind. [13] The significance of Terah not reaching Canaan was a reflection of his character, a man who was unable to go "all the way".
Sarah [a] (born Sarai) [b] is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions.While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister [1] of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac.
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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Nahor married the daughter of his brother Haran, Milcah, his niece . They may all have been born and raised in the city of Ur: the biblical account states that "Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans" (Genesis 11:28). In the King James Version, Nahor is also referred to as Nachor (Joshua 24:2).
Comedian and actor’s eldest daughter, Chelsea O’Donnell, is facing felony charges after she was arrested in September Rosie O’Donnell breaks silence on daughter’s arrest for child neglect ...