An ancestor of the patriarch Abraham. Bethuel was a son of Nahor (Abraham's brother) and Milcah, and the father of Laban and Rebekah (the patriarch Isaac's wife).
About Bethuel
The youngest son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah. Bethuel was Abraham’s nephew and the father of Rebekah (Genesis 22:23; 24:15, 24). He was called an Aramean of Paddan-aram (Genesis 25:20; 28:5).
Family Relationships
- Parents
- Nahor, Milcah
- Siblings 7
- Uz (Genesis 22:21), Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph
- Half-siblings 4
- Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, Maacah
- Children 2
- Rebekah, Laban
- Niece/Nephew
- Aram (Genesis 22:21)
- Aunts 2
- Sarah, Iscah
- Uncles 3
- Abraham, Haran, Lot
- Cousins 15
- Ishmael, Isaac, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah, Lot, Milcah, Iscah, Daughter1 of Lot, Daughter2 of Lot, Moab, Ben-ammi
Key References
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
All Scripture References (9)
Genesis (9)
Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.