Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These are the eight children Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Before he finished praying, Rebekah came with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

My father is Bethuel son of Nahor and Milcah, she answered.

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Go to Mesopotamia instead, to the home of your grandfather Bethuel. Marry one of the young women there, one of your uncle Laban's daughters.

Isaac then sent Jacob to stay with Rebekah's brother Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.


This is the genealogy of Abraham's son Isaac and his descendants. Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife because she was childless. Jehovah answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant. read more.
She was going to have twins. Before they were born they struggled against each other in her womb. She said: Why should something like this happen to me? She asked Jehovah for an answer. Jehovah said: Two nations are within you. You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other. The older will serve the younger. The time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to twin sons. The first one was reddish. His skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau. The second one was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.


This is the genealogy of Abraham's son Isaac and his descendants. Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife because she was childless. Jehovah answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant. read more.
She was going to have twins. Before they were born they struggled against each other in her womb. She said: Why should something like this happen to me? She asked Jehovah for an answer. Jehovah said: Two nations are within you. You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other. The older will serve the younger. The time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to twin sons. The first one was reddish. His skin was like a hairy robe, so he was named Esau. The second one was born holding on tightly to the heel of Esau. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Edom as his possession, but your ancestor Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.


Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.


Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.


These two women brought a lot of grief to his parents, Isaac and Rebekah.

Before he finished praying, Rebekah came with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there. Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there. I also buried Leah there.

His wife Rebekah was very beautiful. He was afraid that someone might kill him to get her. So he told everyone that Rebekah was his sister.

Rebekah said to Isaac: I cannot stand Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.

Rebekah said to her son Jacob: I have just heard your father speak to your brother Esau.


Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Before he finished praying, Rebekah came with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor. The girl was a very attractive virgin. No man had ever had sexual intercourse with her. She went to the spring and filled her jar, and came back. The servant ran to meet her and said: Please give me a drink of water. read more.
Drink, my lord, she said. She quickly lowered her jar to her hand and gave him a drink. When she finished giving him a drink, she said: I will also keep drawing water for your camels until they have had enough to drink. She quickly emptied her jar into the water trough. Then she ran back to the well to draw more water. She drew enough for all his camels. The man quietly watched her to see whether or not Jehovah made his trip successful. When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a fifth of an ounce and two gold bracelets weighing four ounces. He said: Please tell me who your father is. Is there room in his house for my men and me to spend the night? My father is Bethuel son of Nahor and Milcah, she answered. There is plenty of straw and fodder at our house. There is also a place for you to stay. The man knelt down and worshiped Jehovah. He said: Praise Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham. He has faithfully kept his promise to my master. Jehovah has led me straight to my master's relatives. The young woman ran to her mother's house and told the entire story. Rebecca's brother was named Laban. He ran outside to go to the well where Abraham's servant was. Laban had seen the nose ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms and had heard her say what the man told her. He went to Abraham's servant, who was standing by his camels at the well, and said: Come home with me. You are a man Jehovah has blessed. Why are you standing out here? I have a room ready for you in my house. There is a place for your camels. The man went into the house. Laban unloaded the camels and gave them straw and fodder. Then he brought water for Abraham's servant and his men to wash their feet. Food was brought. The man said: I will not eat until I have said what I have to say. Laban responded: Go ahead and speak. I am the servant of Abraham, he began. Jehovah has greatly blessed my master and made him a rich man. He has given him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, silver, gold, male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys. Sarah, my master's wife, did not have any children until she was very old. Then she had a son, and my master has given him everything. I solemnly promised my master I would do what he said. He told me: 'Do not choose a wife for my son from the women in this land of Canaan. Go back to the land where I was born and find a wife for my son from among my relatives.' I asked my master: 'What if the young woman refuses to come with me?' He said to me: 'Jehovah, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you to make your journey successful. You will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house. If my relatives do not give her to you, then you will be free from my oath.' I came to the spring today. I prayed to Jehovah: 'God of my master Abraham, if now you will make my journey successful, make it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, Please let me drink a little water from your jar, And she will say to me, You drink, and I will draw for your camels also, let her be the woman whom Jehovah has appointed for my master's son.' Before I had finished speaking in my heart, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.' She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also. Then I asked her: 'Whose daughter are you?' She said: 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists. I bowed low and worshiped Jehovah, and praised Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham. He guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son. If you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left. Laban and Bethuel replied: The matter comes from Jehovah. We cannot speak to you bad or good. Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go. Let her be the wife of your master's son, as Jehovah has spoken. Abraham's servant heard their answer. Then he bowed down to Jehovah. The servant took out gold and silver jewelry and clothes and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave expensive presents to her brother and mother. He and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they got up in the morning, he said: Let me go back to my master. Her brother and mother replied: Let the girl stay with us ten days or so. After that she may go. He said: Do not make us stay. Jehovah has made my journey a success. Let me go back to my master. They answered: Let us call her and find out what she has to say. They called Rebecca and asked: Do you want to go with this man? Yes, she answered. They allowed Rebecca and her old family servant to go with Abraham's servant and his men. They gave Rebecca their blessing in these words: May you, sister, become the mother of millions! May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies! Rebecca and her young women got ready. They mounted the camels to go with Abraham's servant, and they all started out. Isaac had come into the wilderness of The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me. He was staying in the southern part of Canaan. He went out in the early evening to take a walk in the fields. He saw camels coming. Rebecca saw Isaac and she got down from her camel She asked Abraham's servant: Who is that man walking toward us in the field? He is my master, the servant answered. So she took her veil (scarf) and covered her face. The servant told Isaac everything he had done. Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in. She became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca. He was comforted for the loss of his mother.


He said: Men, brothers and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Isaac then sent Jacob to stay with Rebekah's brother Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.

Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation.


Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.

The servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and then set out with a variety of good things of his master's in his hand. He arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.


Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Isaac then sent Jacob to stay with Rebekah's brother Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.