Bible Strands
Genesis 22:20
Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative reports that after Abraham settles in Beersheba, a message reaches him concerning his brother Nahor’s household. The text does not name the messenger, only that the information arrives following Abraham’s return from Moriah.
The words — וַיֻּגַד (va-yuggad) translates literally as “and it was told,” marking a narrative shift from Abraham’s immediate trial to the expansion of his kinship network. הִנֵּה (hinneh) means “there!” or “behold,” introducing the specific report about Nahor’s family.
The thread — This report connects to Genesis 11:29, which identifies Milcah as Nahor’s wife, and Genesis 24:24, which clarifies her son Bethuel’s lineage. The genealogy continues in Genesis 22:21 with the names of Nahor’s children.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track how the covenant promise extends beyond the immediate line of Isaac into the broader family of Abraham. It demands attention to the documented expansion of the patriarch’s kinship network without assuming theological outcomes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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;
Cross-references
- Genesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
- Genesis 24:24 She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 11:26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- Genesis 24:10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
- Genesis 24:15 Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 31:53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
- Proverbs 25:25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.