Results 1 - 5 of 5
|
|
|||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1 | What was the Name of Lots wife? | Gen 19:15 | zrollins67 | 176668 | ||
What was the Name of Lots wife? | ||||||
2 | What was the Name of Lots wife? | Gen 19:15 | Jim Estes | 176675 | ||
Hi zrollins67, Terah was the father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran. Lot was the son of Haran. We learn from Genesis 11:29 that Lot also had two sisters, Milcah and Iscah. Abraham married Sarah, his half-sister. They had the same father, but different mothers. Nahor married his niece Milcah, daughter of Haran and Lot’s sister. There is a definite pattern among Terah’s descendants of marriage within the family. It is possible that Lot married Iscah, his sister. She may have been a half-sister and the marriage was like that of Abraham and Sarah. Iscah means “watchful” and it was Lot’s wife who “looked back” and became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26. This would also explain why Iscah’s name is mentioned in 11:29. Yours in Christ, Jim Estes |
||||||
3 | What was the Name of Lots wife? | Gen 19:15 | Searcher56 | 176697 | ||
God's day to you, Jim Estes, It is a GUESS ... I would say a bad one, since Iscah is not mentioned in Genesis 11:31. Since Iscah is only mentioned once, how do we know the gender? The use of names by gender change ... take Shirley - it was orginally a boys name. |
||||||
4 | What was the Name of Lots wife? | Gen 19:15 | Jim Estes | 176710 | ||
Hi Searcher, You are correct that Iscah is not mentioned in Genesis 11:31, but neither is Nahor or Milcah. I think it as likely that Iscah left Ur of the Chaldees as Nahor and Milcah. The context of Genesis 12:29 indicates to me that Iscah was a daughter of Haran, sister of Milcah, rather than a brother of Lot. The name means “Palm Tree” according to Strong’s. Strong’s also says she is the “daughter of Haran,” drawing the same inference. Yours in Christ, Jim Estes |
||||||
5 | What was the Name of Lots wife? | Gen 19:15 | Jim Estes | 176711 | ||
Correction to my last note: According to Strong's Concordance Iscah means "Watchful" not "Palm Tree." | ||||||