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<p> '''Mil'cah.''' ''(Queen'' or ''Counsel).'' </p> <p> 1. Daughter of Haran, and wife of her uncle, Nahor, Abraham's brother, to whom she bore eight children. &nbsp;Genesis 11:29; &nbsp;Genesis 22:20; &nbsp;Genesis 22:23; &nbsp;Genesis 24:15; &nbsp;Genesis 24:24; &nbsp;Genesis 24:47. </p> <p> 2. The fourth daughter of Zelophehad. &nbsp;Numbers 26:33; &nbsp;Numbers 27:1; &nbsp;Numbers 36:11; &nbsp;Joshua 17:3. </p>

<p> <strong> MILCAH. </strong> <strong> 1. </strong> Daughter of [[Haran]] and wife of [[Nahor]] (&nbsp; [[Genesis]] 11:29 ). The names of her children are given in &nbsp; Genesis 22:20 ff. [[Rebekah]] was her granddaughter (&nbsp; Genesis 24:15; &nbsp; Genesis 24:24; &nbsp; Genesis 24:47 ). <strong> 2. </strong> Daughter of Zelophehad, &nbsp; Numbers 26:33; &nbsp; Numbers 27:1; &nbsp; Numbers 36:11 , &nbsp; Joshua 17:3 (all P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ). </p>

<p> (Heb. Milkah', מַלְכָּה '', Advice;'' Sept. Μελχά ), the name of two women. </p> <p> '''1.''' The daughter of Haran, and sister of [[Lot]] and [[Iscah]] (or Sarah); she married Nahor (&nbsp;Genesis 11:29), by whom she had eight sons (&nbsp;Genesis 19:20; &nbsp;Genesis 19:23), one of whom was Bethuel, the father of Rebekah (&nbsp;Genesis 24:15; &nbsp;Genesis 24:24; &nbsp;Genesis 24:47). She was thus Abraham's sister-in-law, and the grandmother of Isaac's wife. B.C. cir. 2047. </p> <p> '''2.''' The fourth named of the five daughters of Zelophehad, of the tribe of [[Manasseh]] (&nbsp;Numbers 26:33), who became heiresses for the want of brothers (&nbsp;Numbers 27:1), and, having married members of the same tribe (&nbsp;Numbers 36:11), were assigned portions in [[Gilead]] (&nbsp;Joshua 17:3). B.C. 1619-1612. </p>