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Bethuel

Mentioned in 9 verses, first in Genesis 22:22. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 9 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

  • Genesis 22:22

    Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

  • Genesis 22:23

    And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

  • Genesis 24:15

    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

  • Genesis 24:24

    She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

  • Genesis 24:47

    Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘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.

  • Genesis 24:50

    Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

  • Genesis 25:20

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

  • Genesis 28:2

    “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

  • Genesis 28:5

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

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Gen. 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47). He appears in person only once (24:50).

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