Genesis 22:23

Translations

Modern

And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Traditional

And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Literal

And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Latin

…ac Bathuel, de quo nata est Rebecca: octo istos genuit Melcha, Nachor fratri Abrahæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Notes

Genesis 22:22–23

Bethuel was the youngest of Nahor’s eight sons with Milcah. He was the father of Rebekah, who would become Isaac’s wife (see 24:15, 67). Rebekah would succeed Sarah as the clan's female leader (23:1–2).

Genesis 22:20–24

A report came from the east that Abraham’s brother Nahor (see 11:27–29) was doing well. The people in the next part of the story are introduced here.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Rebekah Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

Genesis 24:15
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Genesis 28:2
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Romans 9:10
Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 24:24
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
Genesis 25:20
…and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
Genesis 24:47
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
Genesis 24:51
Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people Bethuel: Father of Rebekah, Isaac's wife Milcah: Wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother Nahor: Son of Terah, Abraham's brother; father of Bethuel Rebekah: Wife of Isaac; mother of Jacob and Esau

Glossary

Abraham Architecture Bethuel (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Ebla Tablets Family Life and Relations Genealogy Genesis, Book of Isaac Jerusalem Milcah Nahor (Person) Patriarchs, Period of the Rebecca, Rebekah Samaritans

Topics

Bethuel: Son of Nahor, Father of Rebekah Concubinage: Laws Concerning: Nahor Genealogy of Nahor Laban: Brother of Rebekah Milcah: The Wife of Nahor and the Mother of Bethuel Nahor: Brother of Abraham: Marriage and Descendants of Rebekah (Rebecca): The Daughter of Bethuel, the Grandniece of Abraham The Burnt offering: Abraham Tried by the Command to offer Isaac As

Genesis 22:23

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