Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 22:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. American Standard Version (1901) And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother. Common English Bible Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These are the eight Milcah bore for Nahor, Abraham’s brother. Catholic Public Domain Version as well as Bethuel, of whom was born Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore for Nahor, the brother of Abraham. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Bathuel, of whom was born Rebecca: These eight did Melcha bear to Nachor, Abraham's brother. |
Abram and Nahor took wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder.
She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms.
Look, Rebekah is before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.”
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.”
Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean.
Go at once to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
Thus Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
Nor is that all; something similar happened to Rebecca when she had conceived children by one husband, our ancestor Isaac: