Bethuel
Family: Nahor's family · Role: son of Nahor and Milcah · First appears: Genesis 22
Bethuel, of Nahor’s family, was the son of Nahor and Milcah. In Genesis 22, he fathered Rebekah, as recorded: “And Bethuel begat Rebekah:”
In Genesis 24, Bethuel and Laban approved Rebekah’s marriage to Isaac, declaring it to be from the LORD: “Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken.” By Genesis 28, Laban was identified as Bethuel’s son, while Jacob was directed to the house of Bethuel, his mother’s father.
Relationship record
Life events
- Bethuel fathered Rebekah.(Genesis 22)
- With: Rebekah
- “And Bethuel begat Rebekah:”
- Laban and Bethuel approve Rebekah's marriage to Isaac as proceeding from the LORD.(Genesis 24)
Genesis 22
- parent: Milcah “Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.”
- parent: Nahor “Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.”
- child: Rebekah “And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.”
Genesis 24
- blessed: Rebekah “Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken. And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men. And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.”
Genesis 25
- child: Rebekah “the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.”
Genesis 28
- child: Laban “And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.”
- with Jacob (Bethuel is identified as Jacob’s maternal grandfather.) “Arise, go to Padanaram, 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.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.