Everyday words
Milcah
Start with Genesis 11:29, where the Bible uses the word milcah in a real sentence: “Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 11:29
“Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.”
2. Genesis 22:20
“After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:”
3. Genesis 22:23
“Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.”
4. Genesis 24:15
“Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.”
5. Genesis 24:24
“She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.””
6. Genesis 24:47
“I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.”
7. Numbers 26:33
“Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
8. Numbers 27:1
“Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 11:29
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
AbramandNahorwives.TheofAbram’swifewasSarai,andthenameofNahor’swifewasMilcah,thedaughterofHaranwhowasthefatherofIscah.