Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel
The name Rebekah means “fat; fattened; a quarrel appeased.” Rebekah is mentioned in 29 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 22:23.
Family of Rebekah
Who was Rebekah?
A noose, the daughter of Bethuel, and the wife of Isaac (Gen. 22:23; 24:67). The circumstances under which Abraham’s “steward” found her at the “city of Nahor,” in Padan-aram, are narrated in Gen. 24-27. “She can hardly be regarded as an amiable woman. When we first see her she is ready to leave her father’s house for ever at an hour’s notice; and her future life showed not only a full share of her brother Laban’s duplicity, but the grave fault of partiality in her relations to her children, and a strong will, which soon controlled the gentler nature of her husband.” The time and circumstances of her death are not recorded, but it is said that she was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen. 49:31).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Rebekah
- Genesis 22:23
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- Genesis 24:30
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
- Genesis 24:53
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.
- Genesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Genesis 29:12
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.
- Genesis 49:31
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Timeline of Rebekah's life
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1855 BC | Isaac Marries Rebekah |
| 1835 BC | Birth of Jacob and Esau |
All 29 verses mentioning Rebekah
- Genesis 22:23
- Genesis 24:15
- Genesis 24:29
- Genesis 24:30
- Genesis 24:45
- Genesis 24:51
- Genesis 24:53
- Genesis 24:58
- Genesis 24:59
- Genesis 24:60
- Genesis 24:61
- Genesis 24:64
- Genesis 24:67
- Genesis 25:20
- Genesis 25:21
- Genesis 25:28
- Genesis 26:7
- Genesis 26:8
- Genesis 26:35
- Genesis 27:5
- Genesis 27:6
- Genesis 27:11
- Genesis 27:15
- Genesis 27:42
- Genesis 27:46
- Genesis 28:5
- Genesis 29:12
- Genesis 35:8
- Genesis 49:31