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Iscah

A daughter of Haran, named briefly in Genesis alongside her siblings Lot and Milcah, with no further narrative given.

Accounts of this vary across texts and traditions. This entry primarily follows Hebrew Bible (Genesis), with other tellings (Masoretic Text (Hebrew Bible), Septuagint (Greek translation), Jewish and Christian rabbinic and patristic tradition) noted where relevant.

Relationships

Parents
Haran
Siblings
Lot · Milcah

Introduction

Iscah is a daughter of Haran, named in Genesis 11:29 alongside her siblings Lot and Milcah, with no further information, narrative, marriage or descendants recorded for her anywhere else in the biblical text.

Family

A brief mention

Iscah's sole appearance in Genesis is this single verse naming her as Haran's daughter. Later Jewish tradition, found in rabbinic sources rather than the biblical text itself, sometimes identifies Iscah with Sarah (proposing that Sarah had two names), a tradition that would make her Abraham's wife, though this identification is an interpretive later tradition and is not stated or implied in the Genesis text.

Sources

  1. Genesis 11:29 (primary text) — https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+11%3A29&version=NRSVUE

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.