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Bethuel in Wikipedia

(בתואל – Hebrew for "house of God"), in the Hebrew Bible, was an Aramean man,[1] the youngest son of Nahor and Milcah,[2] the nephew of Abraham, and the father of Laban and Rebekah.[3] Bethuel was also a town in the territiory of the tribe of Simeon, west of the Dead Sea.[4] Some scholars[5] identify it with Bethul[6] and Bethel in southern Jud...

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Bethuel Scripture - 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....

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Bethuel Scripture - Genesis 25:20

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....

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Bethuel Scripture - Genesis 28:2

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....

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Bethuel in Naves Topical Bible

Son of Nahor, father of Rebekah Ge 22:22,23; 24:15,24; 25:20; 28:2,5...

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Bethuel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(dweller in God), the son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah, Ge 22:22,23; 24:15,24,47; 28:2 In Ge 25:20 and Ge 28:5 he is called "Bethuel the Syrian."...

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Bethuel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

man of God, or virgin of God, or house of God. (1.) The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Gen. 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47). He appears in person only once (24:50). (2.) A southern city of Judah (1 Chr. 4:30); called also Bethul (Josh. 19:4) and Bethel (12:16; 1 Sam. 30:27)....

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Bethuel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"The Syrian" (Aramite). 1. Nahor's son by Miclah, nephew of Abraham, father of Rebekah (Genesis 22:22-23; Genesis 24:15; Genesis 24:24; Genesis 24:47; Genesis 28:2). Bethuel appears personally only in Genesis 24:50, and then after his son. Blunt (Undesigned Coincidences) notices Bethuel's consistent insignificance in the whole affair of his ...

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Bethuel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

filiation of God...

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Bethuel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be-thu'-el (bethu'el; "dweller in God"): A son of Nahor and Milcah, Abraham's nephew, father of Laban and Rebekah (Gen 22:23; 24:15,24,47,50; 25:20; 28:2,5). In the last-named passage, he is surnamed "the Syrian." The only place where he appears as a leading character in the narrative is in connection with Rebekah's betrothal to Isaac; an...

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