Genesis 22:23
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בְּתוּאֵל
Bᵉthûwʼêl
Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
שְׁמֹנֶה
shᵉmôneh
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
מִלְכָּה
Milkâh
Milcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
נָחוֹר
Nâchôwr
Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּתוּאֵל Bᵉthûwʼêl
Bethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in Palestine
Study H1328 →נָחוֹר Nâchôwr
Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
Study H5152 →שְׁמֹנֶה shᵉmôneh
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
Study H8083 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →Cross References
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
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.
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
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 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.
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
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.
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands...
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