Thematic Bible: Rebekah


Thematic Bible



Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up. Verse ConceptsBeautifulAbsence Of SexWomen's BeautyBeauty Of Nature


They made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah. Verse ConceptsTroubling Individuals

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

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

Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there, Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there, and I buried Leah there. 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 will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.” Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

So Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like one of them, what good is my life?” Verse ConceptsHope, Results Of Its AbsenceMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWearinessWeariness Of Life

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father talking with your brother Esau. He said,

Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were there at the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them. She put the goatskins on his hands and the smooth part of his neck. Then she handed the delicious food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

So they said, "Let's call the girl and ask her opinion." They called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She replied, "I will go."

She also said to him, “We have plenty of straw and feed and a place to spend the night.” Verse ConceptsMangersFeeding AnimalsStaying Temporarily

and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”

The servant answered, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself. Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I’ll also draw water for your camels until they have had enough to drink.” Verse ConceptsDrawing WaterMan Providing Water

Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up. Verse ConceptsBeautifulAbsence Of SexWomen's BeautyBeauty Of Nature

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