Thematic Bible: Rebekah


Thematic Bible



The girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. Verse ConceptsBeautifulAbsence Of SexWomen's BeautyBeauty Of Nature


and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah. Verse ConceptsTroubling Individuals

Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder. Verse ConceptsShouldersequipping, physicalWater ContainersWhile Still SpeakingCarrying Other Loads

and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. Verse ConceptsForty YearsNamed Sisters

There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah— Verse ConceptsCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of Machpelahsarah

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful.” Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?” Verse ConceptsHope, Results Of Its AbsenceMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWearinessWeariness Of Life

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,

Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. She also gave the savory food and the bread, which she had made, to her son Jacob.

And they said, "We will call the girl and consult her wishes." Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."

Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in.” Verse ConceptsMangersFeeding AnimalsStaying Temporarily

She said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master.” Then she took her veil and covered herself. Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking.” Verse ConceptsDrawing WaterMan Providing Water

The girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. Verse ConceptsBeautifulAbsence Of SexWomen's BeautyBeauty Of Nature