Genesis 22:23

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

21The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans), 22Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. (Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) In addition to these eight sons from Milcah, 24Nahor had four other children from his concubine Reumah. Their names were Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 22:23 word by word

וּבְתוּאֵ֖ל יָלַ֣ד אֶת־רִבְקָ֑ה שְׁמֹנָ֥ה אֵ֙לֶּה֙ יָלְדָ֣ה מִלְכָּ֔ה לְנָח֖וֹר אֲחִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Bethuelבְּתוּאֵלbethû'êl · BethuelH1328
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Rebekahרִבְקָהribqâh · RebekahH7259
• these eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• Milcahמִלְכָּהmilkâh · MilcahH4435
• to Nahorנָחוֹרnâchôr · NahorH5152
• Abraham’sאַבְרָהָם'abrâhâm · AbrahamH85
• brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251

Cross-references for Genesis 22:23

• Genesis 24:15Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah.
• Genesis 25:20When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
• Genesis 28:2Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.
• Genesis 24:51Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Yes, let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has directed.”
• Romans 9:10This son was our ancestor Isaac. When he married Rebekah, she gave birth to twins.

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

Topics related to Genesis 22:23

• Bethuel
• Concubinage
• Genealogy
• Laban
• Milcah
• Nahor
• Rebekah (Rebecca)

In the dictionaries

• Bethuel
• Nahor
• Rebekah
• Gate
• Gerizim
• Isaac
• Marriage
• Provide
• Saddle
• Seeing

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