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Genesis 22:23
23(And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Genesis 22:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- New International Version (NIV)Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)(Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
Context of Genesis 22:23
21Uz his first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. (And Bethuel begot Rebecca.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maacah.
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וּבְתוּאֵ֖ל יָלַ֣ד אֶת־רִבְקָ֑ה שְׁמֹנָ֥ה אֵ֙לֶּה֙ יָלְדָ֣ה מִלְכָּ֔ה לְנָח֖וֹר אֲחִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 22:23
- Genesis 24:15And it came to pass before he had ended speaking, that behold, Rebecca came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother; and [she had] her pitcher upon her shoulder.
- Genesis 25:20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.
- Genesis 28:2Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
- Genesis 24:51Behold, Rebecca is before thee: take [her], and go away; and let her be wife of thy master's son, as Jehovah has said.
- Romans 9:10And not only [that], but Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father,
Commentaries on Genesis 22:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Bethuel begat Rebekah - Who afterward became the wife of Isaac.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-24Verses 1-24 - Abraham Was Tested 2. מריה morı̂yâh “Moriah”; Samaritan: מוראה môr'âh “Septuagint,” ̔́ hupsēlē Onkelos, “worship.” Some take the word to be a simple derivative, as the Septuagint and Onkelos, meaning “vision, high, worship.” It might mean “rebellious.” Others regard it as a compound of יה yâh “Jah, a name of God,” and מראה mı̂r'eh “shown,” מורה môreh “teacher,” or מורא môrā' “fear.” 14. יראה yı̂r'ēh “Jireh, will provide.” 16, נאם…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-24Verses 20-24 This chapter ends with some account of Nahor's family, who had settled at Haran. This seems to be given for the connexion which it had with the church of God. From thence Isaac and Jacob took wives; and before the account of those events this list is recorded. It shows that though Abraham saw his own family highly honoured with privileges, admitted into covenant, and blessed with the assurance of the promise, yet he did not look with disdain…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23Bethuel was the youngest of Nahor’s eight sons with Milcah. He was the father of Rebekah, who would become Isaac’s wife (see 24:15, 67). Rebekah would succeed Sarah as the clan's female leader (23:1–2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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