Maachah
A son of Nahor
(Abraham's brother) by his concubine Reumah. (22:24)
Machir
The son of Manasseh.
He had children of his own. (50:23)
Machpelah
A field located
east of the area of Mamre. (23:17) It was bought by Abraham from Ephron the
Hittite as a burial place for himself and his family. (23:7-17) Various family
members were buried in a cave on the field. The cave was the burial place for
Sarah (23:19), Abraham (25:9), Isaac, Rebekah, Leah (all 49:31), and Jacob (50:13).
Madia
A son of Japeth. (10:2)
Magdiel
A chief of Edom. (36:43)
Magog
A son of Japeth. (10:2)
Mahalaleel (also called Mahalel)
A son of Cainan (also called Kenan, not to be confused with Canaan, the son of
Ham). (5:12-13) He lived 895 years. At age 65, he had a son named
Jared. Then he had other sons and daughters. (5:15-17)
Mahalalel (also called Mahaleel)
A son of Cainan (also called Kenan, not to be confused with Canaan, the son of
Ham). (5:12-13) He lived 895 years. At age 65, he had a son named
Jared. Then he had other sons and daughters. (5:15-17)
Mahalath
One of Esau's
wives. She was a Canaanite woman who was the daughter of Ishmael. Esau
married her after he had been tricked out of his father's blessing. When
he saw that his parents didn't like Canaanite women, he deliberately married
another Canaanite woman to spite them. So he married Mahalath. (28:6-9)
Mahanaim
A place between
Mesopotamia and Canaan. When Jacob was on his way home to canaan after visiting
Laban in Mesopotamia, he saw a group of angels. He named the place Mahanaim. (32:1-2)
Malchiel
A son of Beriah. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,17)
Mamre - There are two:
1. One
of three Amorite chiefs who helped Abram's army defeat Chedorlaomer and rescue
Lot. (The other two were Mamre's brothers, Aner and Eshcol.) After their
victory, Abraham refused to take any of the spoil, but let the three chiefs have
their share. (chapter 14) The plain of Mamre is named after him. (15:13,24)
2. A plain near the city of Hebron in the land of Canaan. (13:18; 23:19; 35:27) It was named
after Mamre the Amorite. (15:13) It was located near the city of Hebron. (13:18;
23:19; 35:27)
Abram built an altar to God there. (13:18) It was in Mamre where
Abram learned of Lot's capture. (14:13) Jacob and his family, including Isaac,
passed through Mamre on the way to Hebron. (35:27)
Mamre is west of Machpelah, a field that Abraham bought as a burial place for
him and his family. (23:17)
Manahath
A child of Shobal. (36:23)
Manasseh
The oldest son of
Joseph and Asenath. (41:50-52) Before Jacob died, he was introduced to Joseph's
two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. When Jacob blessed them, he deliberately gave
preference to the younger son, Ephraim. Joseph didn't like this. He asked Jacob
to give preference to Manasseh because Manasseh was the older son. But Jacob
refused. He said "Manasseh will become great, but Ephraim will become
greater than he." (chapter 48)
Manasseh had a
son named Machir. (50:23)
Mash
A child of Aram. (10:23)
Masrekah
The city that Samlah
(a king of Edom) came from. (36:36)
Massa
A son of Ishmael. (25:14)
Matred
The daughter of
Mezahab, and the mother of Mehetabel. (36:39)
Medan
A child of Abraham by
his second wife, Keturah. (25:2)
Mehetabel
The daughter of
Matred, and the wife of Hadar. (36:39)
Mehujael
The son of Irad, and
father of Methushael (also called Methusael). (4:18)
Melchizedek
The king of the
city of Salem. After Abram defeated Chedorlaomer's army, Melchizedek gave Abram
gift of bread and wine. (14:18-20)
Merari
A son of Levi. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,11)
Mesha
A place that marks the
boundary of the territory of Joktan's sons. (10:30)
Meshech
A son of Japeth. (10:2)
Mesopotamia
The land
between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. (By today's map,
the area of Mesopotamia would be in southern Turkey, northeastern Syria, and
central Iraq.)
The land of Shinar, a.k.a.
Chaldea, a.k.a. Babylon, was
located in Mesopotamia. And the area of Padan (also called Padanaram), which
contains the city of Haran, was also in Mesopotamia.
Methuselah
A son of Enoch.
(5:21-2) He lived 969 years, longer than any other character in the Bible
(unless you count God).
(5:27) At age 187, he had a son named Lamech. Then he had other sons and
daughters. (5:25-26)
Methusael (also called Methushael)
The son of Mehujael, and the father of Lamech. (4:18)
Methushael (also called Methusael)
The son of Mehujael, and the father of Lamech. (4:18)
Mezahab
The parent of Matred. (36:39)
Mibsam
A son of Ishmael. (25:13)
Mibzar
A chief of Edom. (36:42)
Midian - There are two:
1. A
child of Abraham by his second wife, Keturah. (25:2)
2. A country. (36:35)
Midianites
A tribe that
passes by as Joseph is being sold by his brothers to the Ishmaelites. (37:28)
Milcah
The daughter of Haran,
and sister of Iscah and Lot. She married Nahor (Abraham's brother). (11:29) She
bore him eight children: Huz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and
Bethuel. (22:20-23)
Mishma
A son of Ishmael. (25:14)
Mizpah
The place in the
mountainous area of Gilead where Jacob and Laban set up a heap of stones to mark
their covenant. (31:46-49)
Moab (The name comes from two Hebrew words:
"me", which means "from" in English, and "av", which means
"father" in English".
The name means "from father".) - There are two:
1. The
son of the incest between Lot and his oldest daughter.
After Lot and his two daughters escaped from the
destruction of Sodom, the daughters were afraid that the three of them were the
last remaining people on earth. They wanted to keep the human race from ending.
So they got Lot drunk, and then they both had sex with him. The older daughter
conceived, and bore Lot's son/grandson. His name was Moab. Moab's
descendants became a tribe called Moabites. (19:30-38)
2.
A field. (36:35)
Moabites
A tribe who are
descendants of Moab, the son of the incest between Lot and his oldest daughter.
(19:37)
Moreh
A plain located near
the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan. It was Abram's first stop in Canaan during
his journey from Haran. Here he saw God, and built an altar to him. (12:6-7)
Moriah
A land that was
designated to be the place where Abraham would sacrifice his son Isaac. (22:2)
Muppim
A son of Benjamin. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,21)
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