Bethuel in the Bible

Meaning: filiation of God

Exact Match

And Bethuel fathered Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Verse ConceptsEight People

Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah—daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor—coming with a jug on her shoulder.

Verse ConceptsShouldersequipping, physicalWater ContainersWhile Still SpeakingCarrying Other Loads

She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

Verse ConceptsThis Is Me

Then I asked her: Whose daughter are you? She responded, ‘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.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryWho Is This?This Is Me

Isaac was 40 years old when he took as his wife Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsNamed Sisters

Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Verse ConceptsMarrying RelativesTaking A WifeFathers And Daughters

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character Of

Thematic Bible



Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." Bethuel fathered Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Before he had finished speaking, Rebekah appeared. She was a daughter of Milcah's son Bethuel. (Milcah was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.) She approached the well, carrying a jug on her shoulder.

"I am the daughter of Bethuel," she answered. "He's the son of Milcah and Nahor.

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

Instead, get up, travel to Paddan-aram, and visit the household of Bethuel, your mother's father. Marry one of Laban's daughters, since he's your mother's brother.

So Isaac sent Jacob off toward Paddan-aram to visit Bethuel's son Laban, the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.


References

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