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Milcah

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Milcah (mĭl`kə), in the Bible.

1 Wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

2 Daughter and coheiress of Zelophehad.



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Nahor and his wife Milcah would later be identified as the grandparents of Rebekah.
To cite another example, which also contains a telling reference to women's incapacity for finer feeling, consider the following verses which appeared in the commonplace book of Milcah Martha Moore and probably dates from about 1768.
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah address Moses fearlessly and articulately: "Our father died in the desert and he was not among the gathering that gathered themselves against YHWH in the gathering of Korah.
 
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