Bethuel

Bethuel (Hebrew for “house of God”), in the Hebrew Bible, was an Aramean man (Gen. 28:5), the youngest son of Nahor and Milchah (Gen. 22:21-22), the nephew of Abraham, and the father of Laban and Rebekah. (Gen. 22:23; Gen. 28:5.) Bethuel was also a town in the territiory of the tribe of Simeon, west of the Dead Sea. (1 Chron. 4:30.) Some scholars (e.g., Albright) identify it with Bethul (Josh. 19:4) and Bethel in southern Judah (Josh. 8:17; 12:16), ...

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The man Bethuel appears nine times in nine verses in the Hebrew Bible, all in Genesis. Adherents of the documentary hypothesis often attribute most of these verses to the Jahwist source (E.g., Richard Elliott Friedman. The Bible with Sources Revealed, 66, 68, 69. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2003; Genesis with sources highlighted, at Wikisource) and the remainder to the priestly source. (E.g., Friedman at 71, 76.) Bethuel lived in Padan-aram. (Gen. 25:20.) Bethuel's uncle Abraham sent his senior servant to the land of his birt ...

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Chayei Sarah (Hebrew for “life of Sarah”) is the fifth weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 23:1–25:18. Jews in the Diaspora read it the fifth Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in November. Chayei Sarah - Summary. On the death of his wife Sarah, Abraham bargained for and acquired Machpelah for a family tomb. Abraham sent his senior servant to the land of his birth to find a wife for his son Isaac. (Gen. 24:2-4.) By the well outside t ...

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The Sons of Ever or Bnei Eyver (בני-עבר) a synonym for the earliest cultural Hebrews, are first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 10:21. In orthodox circles the term is understood to refer to the wider family of Hebrew (commonly identified as Habiru) peoples from whom Abraham came. Each of the names of the children in question is understood to stand for the different Hebrew nations. In Protestant & Reform circles Hebrews are defined as descending from Abraham and the identification of the Bnei Eyver of Genesis 10:21 remains obscure except for the eighth generation around whose de ...

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Rebeccah (Rebekah or Rivkah) (רִבְקָה "Captivating", "Noose" or "Snare", Standard Hebrew Rivqa, Tiberian Hebrew Riḇqāh) is the wife of Isaac. Her story is told in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. The news of Rebeccah's birth is told to her great-uncle, Abraham, after Abraham returns from Akeidat Yitzchak (the binding of Isaac), the episode in which he was told by God to bring Isaac as a sacrifice on a mountain. Rebeccah is the daughter of Bethuel and the granddaughter ...

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Padan-aram or Padan appears 11 times in 11 verses in the Hebrew Bible, all in Genesis. Adherents of the documentary hypothesis often attribute most of these verses to the priestly source (E.g., Richard Elliott Friedman. The Bible with Sources Revealed, 71, 76, 82, 109, 113. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2003; Genesis with sources highlighted, at Wikisource), and the remainder to a later redactor. (Friedman at 87, 89.) Abraham’s nephew Bethuel, son of Nahor and Milchah, and father of Laban and Rebekah, lived in Padan-aram. (Ge ...

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Many of the tribes living in the Middle East, between the time of Abraham and the time of Christ, have a genealogical connection to the Patriarchs or their descendants. This list, taken from the book of Genesis, gives the details of that genealogy. Noah, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth Ham, father of Canaan (Canaanites) Canaan, father of Sidon, Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashities, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites Shem, ancestor of ...

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Patriarchs Bible, Patriarchs Bible - Other uses, Patriarchs Bible - Relation to other tribes

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List of Hebrew names - א Álef. אָב Av, ʼĀḇ, Ab. Month name, also "father". Akkadian loan: abu. אֲבִיגַיִל Avigáyil, ʼĂḇîḡáyil, Abigail, Aviga'il. "Leader of dance/joy." Feminine. אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Aviméleḫ, ʼĂḇîméleḵ, Abimelech, Avimelech. "Father/Leader of king." Masculine.See also:

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According to the Midrash, Rebeccah was 3 years old when Abraham sent his loyal servant Eliezer to his family's homeland in Aram-Naharayim to find a wife for Isaac. The story of how Eliezer determines who would be a good wife for Isaac has been held up as a model for what to look for in a shidduch (Jewish marriage match). When Eliezer and his traveling companions arrive at the outskirts of town, Eliezer makes his camels kneel beside the well where the daughters of the townspeople come to draw water for their families. Then he prays to God, "L ...

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On the death of his wife Sarah, Abraham bargained for and acquired Machpelah for a family tomb. Abraham sent his senior servant to the land of his birth to find a wife for his son Isaac. (Gen. 24:2-4.) By the well outside the city of Nahor, in Aram-naharaim, the servant met Rebekah daughter of Bethuel, Abraham’s nephew. (Gen. 24:10-15.) The servant told Rebekah’s household his good fortune in meeting Bethuel’s daughter, Abraham’s relative. (Gen. 24:47-48.) Rebekah chooses to leave her family to marry Isaac. Abraham had other children by another wife, Keturah, among whose descendants are the Midianite ...

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Chayei Sarah, Chayei Sarah - Summary, Chayei Sarah - Commandments, Chayei Sarah - Haftarah

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List of Biblical names - People. Zaanannim, movings; a person asleep Zaavan, trembling Zabad, dowry; endowed Zabbai, flowing Zabbud Zabdi, same as Zabad Zabdiel Zabud Zaccai, pure meat; just Zacheus, pure; clean; just Zaccur, of the male kind; mindful Zachariah, memory of the Lord Zadok, just; justified Zaham, crime; filthiness; impurity Zair, little; afflicted; in tribulation < ...

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Like the other Matriarchs, Sarah and Rachel, Rebeccah is infertile for many years. Finally, after 20 years of marriage, hers and Isaac's prayers are answered when she conceives. The "child" struggles within her so violently, however, that she goes to inquire of a man of God what kind of a child she is carrying. She is told that she is actually bearing twins who represent opposing nations, and that "the elder shall serve the younger" (Genesis 25:23). This prophecy characterizes the future relationship of Esau's and Jacob's offspring, the Romans and the Jewish people, respectively. Rebeccah does not share t ...

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In the New Testament, King David is referred to as a patriarch, as are Jacob's twelve sons (the ancestors of the Twelve tribes of Israel). In addition, the title patriarch is often applied to the ten antediluvian figures Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah. According to the Book of Genesis, these ten men are the ancestors of the entire human race. ...

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Patriarchs Bible, Patriarchs Bible - Other uses, Patriarchs Bible - Relation to other tribes

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This list includes any Hebrew name that is known to be used as a personal name in any cultural or religious tradition. This includes but is not limited to all existing traditions used by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. If the gender of the name is not listed, it is of (as yet) undetermined gender. List of Hebrew names - Format. For linguistic consistency, as long as a name has an attestable or logical Hebrew form, then Hebrew form in Hebrew alphabetical order is preferred in all cases, even if none of the peop ...

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When Isaac is old and blind, he decides to bestow his blessing on his firstborn son, Esau. He sends Esau out to the field to trap and cook for him a piece of savory game, so that he will eat and drink and be in a happy state of mind when he blessed him. Rebeccah overhears this exchange and realizes that Jacob is more deserving of the blessing, based on the prophecy she received before the twins' birth. She orders Jacob to bring her two goats from the flock, and cooks them in the way Isaac likes. When Jacob protests that his father will recog ...

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Rebeccah, Rebeccah - Marriage to Isaac, Rebeccah - Motherhood, Rebeccah - Deceiving Isaac, Rebeccah - Death and burial

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