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  2. Lot's wife - Wikipedia

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    Lot's wife. In the Bible, Lot's wife is a figure first mentioned in Genesis 19. The Book of Genesis describes how she became a pillar of salt after she looked back at Sodom (the "looking taboo" motif in mythology and folklore). She is not named in the Bible, but is called Ado or Edith in some Jewish traditions.

  3. Lot (biblical person) - Wikipedia

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    Often the background contains a small figure of Lot's wife, and in the distance, a burning city. [ 19 ] Along with the account of Tamar and Judah (Genesis 38:11–26), this is one instance of " sperm stealing " in the Bible, in which a woman seduces and has sex with her male relative under false pretenses in order to become pregnant.

  4. Lot's daughters - Wikipedia

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    Lot's daughters. The daughters of the biblical patriarch Lot appear in chapter 19 of the Book of Genesis, in two connected stories. In the first, Lot offers his daughters to a Sodomite mob; in the second, his daughters have sex with Lot without his knowledge to bear him children. Only two daughters are explicitly mentioned in Genesis, both unnamed.

  5. Sarah - Wikipedia

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    Sarah [a] (born Sarai) [b] is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions.While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister [1] of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac.

  6. Milcah - Wikipedia

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    Milcah. Milcah ( Hebrew: מִלְכָּה Mīlkā, related to the Hebrew word for "queen") was the daughter of Haran and the wife of Nahor, according to the genealogies of Genesis. She is identified as the mother of Bethuel and grandmother of Rebecca and Laban in biblical tradition, and some texts of the Midrash have identified her as Sarah ' s ...

  7. Rebecca - Wikipedia

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    Lot (uncle) Iscah (aunt) Rebecca[ a] ( / rɪˈbɛkə /) appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. [ 3] Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah ...

  8. Haran - Wikipedia

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    Terah (father) Relatives. Abraham (brother) Nahor (brother/son-in-law [1]) Sarah (sister) [2] Haran or Aran ( Hebrew: הָרָן Hārān) [3] is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. [4] He died in Ur of the Chaldees, was a son of Terah, and brother of Abraham. Through his son Lot, Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites .

  9. Laban (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    Laban first appears in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 24:29–60 as the grown spokesman for his father Bethuel 's house; he was impressed by the gold jewelry given to his sister on behalf of Isaac, and played a key part in arranging their marriage. Twenty years later, Laban's nephew Jacob was born to Isaac and Rebekah.