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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Genesis 11:31

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Sarai his daughter-in-law--the same as Iscah [Gen 11:29], granddaughter of Terah, probably by a second wife, and by early usages considered marriageable to her uncle, Abraham. they came unto Haran--two days' journey south-southeast from Ur, on the direct road to the ford of the Euphrates at Rakka, the nearest and most convenient route to Palestine. Next: Genesis Chapter 12
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