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Bethuel בְּתוּאֵל
Bethuel, the son of Nahor and Milcah, was the father of Rebekah, Isaac's wife.
Family
| Father | Nahor |
|---|---|
| Mother | Milcah |
| Children | Rebekah, Laban |
| Brothers and sisters | Buz, Chesed, Gaham, Hazo, Jidlaph, Kemuel, Maacah, Pildash, Tahash, Tebah, Uz |
Where Bethuel appears
Genesis (9)
Key verses
- Genesis 22:22 first mention — And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
- Genesis 22:23 — And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- Genesis 24:15 — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
- Genesis 24:24 — And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
- Genesis 24:47 — And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
- Genesis 24:50 — Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
- Genesis 25:20 — And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
- Genesis 28:2 — Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
- Genesis 28:5 — And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.