Genesis 22:23
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
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
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.
Read in contextGenesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Read in contextGenesis 24:24
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 24:51
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
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