Bethuel

Family: Bethuel's family · Role: son of Milcah · First appears: Eliezer's Mission

After the birth of Isaac, Milcah bore Bethuel, having been remembered by God and made fruitful. At the time of Isaac’s sacrifice, Bethuel begot a daughter destined to be Isaac’s wife. Later, while Eliezer was telling his story, Bethuel ate the dish intended for him and died.

Relationship record

Life events

• Milcah bore Bethuel after God remembered her and made her fruitful.(Eliezer's Mission)
  • With: Milcah
  • “Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, childless until the birth of Isaac, had then been remembered by God and made fruitful. She bore Bethuel”
• Bethuel begot a daughter destined to be Isaac's wife.(Eliezer's Mission)
  • With: the daughter of Hagar and Abraham (Section 081)
  • “and he in turn, at the time of Isaac's sacrifice, begot the daughter destined to be the wife of Isaac.”
• Bethuel ate the poisoned food intended for Eliezer and died.(The Wooing Of Rebekah)
  • With: Eliezer
  • “While he was telling his story, it was ordained by God that the dish intended for him should come to stand in front of Bethuel, who ate of it and died.”

Eliezer's Mission

• parent: Milcah “She bore Bethuel”

The Wooing Of Rebekah

• child: Rebekah “for she was the daughter of a king, Bethuel her father being king of Haran.”

The Birth Of Esau And Jacob

• child: Rebekah “Her father was the Aramean Bethuel, and her brother was Laban, but she did not walk in their ways.”

Jacob Leaves His Father's House

• younger kin: Jacob “Arise, go to Haran, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.”
• child: Rebekah “Arise, go to Haran, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.