Genesis 22:23
21 Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
24 Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- KJV
- And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- WEB
- Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- ASV
- And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham`s brother.
- DARBY
- (And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
- BLB
- And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- ÅB
- Og Betuel var far til Rebekka. Disse åtte barn fikk Nakor, Abrahams bror, med Milka.
- OTB
- Betuel ble far til Rebekka. Milka fødte disse åtte sønnene til Nahor, Abrahams bror.
- B1930
- Og Betuel var far til Rebekka. Disse åtte barn fikk Nakor, Abrahams bror, med Milka.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextGenesis 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.”
Read in contextGenesis 24:24
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 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.”
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
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