Reference: Bethuel
Easton
man of God, or virgin of God, or house of God.
(1.) The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Ge 22:22-23; 24/15/type/juliasmith'>24:15,24,47). He appears in person only once (Ge 24:50).
(2.) A southern city of Judah (1Ch 4:30); called also Bethul (Jos 19:4) and Bethel (Jos 12:16; 1Sa 30:27).
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel will beget Rebekah: these eight, Milcah will bring forth to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder.
And she will say to him, I the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was born to Nahor.
And I shall ask her and say., Whose daughter thou? And she will say, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah brought forth to him: and I shall place the ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Fausets
The Syrian (Aramite).
1. Nahor's son by Miclah, nephew of Abraham, father of Rebekah (Ge 22:22-23; 24/15/type/juliasmith'>24:15,24,47; 28:2). Bethuel appears personally only in Ge 24:50, and then after his son. Blunt (Undesigned Coincidences) notices Bethuel's consistent insignificance in the whole affair of his daughter's marriage. When Abraham's servant at the well asks Rebekah, "Is there room in thy father's house for us?" she "ran and told them of her mother's house" (not of her father's, as Rachel did when Jacob introduced himself: Ge 29:12).
Laban her brother ran out and invited him in, not Bethuel, the natural person to do it. The servant makes presents of jewels and precious things to Rebekah, "and to her brother, and to her mother," but not to Bethuel. The brother and mother propose her abiding a few days before going. Finally, in the next generation, Rebekah's son, in inquiring after his kindred, asks, "Know ye Laban, the son of Nahor?" the father's name being omitted and the grandfather's substituted (Ge 29:5). The consistency of omission is too marked to be accidental, and yet such as a forger would never have devised. Bethuel was probably incapable, from age or imbecility, of managing his own affairs; but see Laban. (See LABAN.)
2. A place (See BETHUL.) (1Ch 4:30).
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel will beget Rebekah: these eight, Milcah will bring forth to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
And Bethuel will beget Rebekah: these eight, Milcah will bring forth to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder.
And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder.
And she will say to him, I the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was born to Nahor.
And she will say to him, I the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was born to Nahor.
And I shall ask her and say., Whose daughter thou? And she will say, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah brought forth to him: and I shall place the ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
And I shall ask her and say., Whose daughter thou? And she will say, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah brought forth to him: and I shall place the ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
And Laban will answer, and Bethuel, and they will say, This word came from Jehovah; we shall not be able to speak to thee, evil or good.
And Laban will answer, and Bethuel, and they will say, This word came from Jehovah; we shall not be able to speak to thee, evil or good.
Rising, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take to thee from thence a wife from the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.
Rising, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take to thee from thence a wife from the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.
And he will say to them, knew ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they will say, We knew.
And he will say to them, knew ye Laban the son of Nahor? and they will say, We knew.
And Jacob will announce to Rachel that he is her father's brother, and that he is Rebekah's son; and she will run and announce to her father.
Hastings
1. The son of Nahor and Milcah, nephew of Abraham, and father of Laban and Rebekah (Ge 22:23; 24/15/type/juliasmith'>24:15,24,47,50; 25:20; 28:2,5). In Ge 28:5 (Priestly Narrative) he is called 'Bethuel the Syrian.' 2. 1Ch 4:30; or Bethul (Jos 19:4). See Bethel, 2.
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And Bethuel will beget Rebekah: these eight, Milcah will bring forth to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder.
And she will say to him, I the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was born to Nahor.
And I shall ask her and say., Whose daughter thou? And she will say, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah brought forth to him: and I shall place the ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
And Laban will answer, and Bethuel, and they will say, This word came from Jehovah; we shall not be able to speak to thee, evil or good.
And Isaak shall be the son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, sister of Laban the Syrian, to him for a wife.
Rising, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take to thee from thence a wife from the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.
And Isaak will send away Jacob; and he will go to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
Morish
Bethu'el
Son of Nahor, a Syrian, Abraham's brother, and father of Rebekah. Ge 22:22-23; 5/type/juliasmith'>24:15-47; 5/20/type/juliasmith'>25:20; 28:2,5.
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel will beget Rebekah: these eight, Milcah will bring forth to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder. And the girl good of aspect exceedingly; a virgin, and man knew her not: and she will go down to the fountain and fill her bucket, and come up. read more. And the servant will run to meet her, and he will say, Give me to drink now a little water from thy bucket And she will say, Drink, lord: and she will hasten, and she will bring down her bucket upon her hand, and will give him to drink And she will finish to give him to drink, and will say, I will draw also for thy camels; till they finished drinking. And she will hasten and empty her bucket into the watering trough, and will run again to the well to draw, and will draw for all his camels. And the man looking with attention at her, being silent to know whether Jehovah prospered his way or not And it shall be when the camels finished drinking, and the man will take a gold ring of half a shekel, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels of gold. And he will say, Whose daughter thou? announce now to me: is there place in thy father's house for us to pass the night? And she will say to him, I the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was born to Nahor. And she will say to him, also straw, and also much fodder to us; also a place to pass the night. And the man will bow down and prostrate himself to Jehovah. And he will say, Praised be Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, who let not go his kindness and his truth from my lord: I in the way, Jehovah led me to the house of my lord's brother. And the girl will run and announce to the house of her mother, according to these words. And to Rebekah a brother, and his name Laban: and Laban will run to the man without at the fountain. And it will be after seeing the ring and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when hearing the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus the man spake to me; and he will come to the man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain. And he will say, Come thou blessed of Jehovah, why wilt thou stand without? and I prepared the house, and a place for the camels. And the man will come into the house and will loosen the camels, and give straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men which are with him. And he will set before his face to eat, and he will say, Not to eat till I have spoken my word. And he will say, Speak. And he will say, I am Abraham's servant And Jehovah blessed my lord greatly, and he will be great; and he will give to him sheep and oxen, and silver and gold, and servants and maids and camels and asses. And Sarah my lord's wife will bring forth a son to my lord after she was old, and to him he will give all which is to him. And my lord will cause me to swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell. If not, thou shalt go to my father's house, and to my family, and take a wife to my son. And saying to my lord, If the woman will not come after me? And he will say to me, Jehovah, before whose face I walked, will send his messenger with thee, and prosper thy way, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from my family, and from my father's house. Then shalt thou be clean from mine oath, when thou shalt come to my family; if they will not give to thee, and thou shalt be pure from mine oath. And I will come this day to the fountain, and say, Jehovah, God of lord Abraham, if thou wilt now incline thyself to prosper my way in which I go: Behold, I stand by the fountain of waters, and the virgin coming forth to draw, and I said to her, Now give me to drink a little water from thy bucket And she saying to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: she the woman which Jehovah appointed for my lord's son. Before I shall finish speaking to my heart, and behold, Rebekah went forth, and her bucket upon her shoulder; and she will go down to the fountain and draw; and saying to her, Give me to drink now. And she will hasten and will bring down her bucket from her, and will say, Drink, and I will water thy camels also: and I shall drink, and she watered the camels also. And I shall ask her and say., Whose daughter thou? And she will say, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah brought forth to him: and I shall place the ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
And Isaak shall be the son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, sister of Laban the Syrian, to him for a wife.
Rising, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take to thee from thence a wife from the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.
Smith
Be'thuel
(dweller in God), the son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah,
Ge 22:22-23; 24/15/type/juliasmith'>24:15,24,47; 28:2
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he is called "Bethuel the Syrian."
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And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel will beget Rebekah: these eight, Milcah will bring forth to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
And it shall be before he finished speaking, and behold Rebekah came forth, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and her bucket upon her shoulder.
And she will say to him, I the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was born to Nahor.
And I shall ask her and say., Whose daughter thou? And she will say, The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah brought forth to him: and I shall place the ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
And Isaak shall be the son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, sister of Laban the Syrian, to him for a wife.
Rising, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take to thee from thence a wife from the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.
Watsons
BETHUEL, the son of Nahor and Milcah. He was Abraham's nephew, and father to Laban and Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, Ge 22:20,23.