Bethuel

Bethuel is a man living at the time of the Patriarchs. He is named in 9 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 22:22.

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Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 22:22
  And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
• Genesis 22:23
  And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
• Genesis 24:15
  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.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.
• Genesis 24:24
  And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
• Genesis 24:47
  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.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.
• Genesis 24:50
  Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
• Genesis 25:20
  And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan–aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.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.
• Genesis 28:2
  Arise, go to Padan–aram, 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.“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.
• Genesis 28:5
  And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.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.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.