Bethuel

Bethuel (Hebrew: בְּתוּאֵלBəṯūʾēl), in the Hebrew Bible, was an Aramean man, the youngest son of Nahor and Milcah, the nephew of Abraham, and the father of Laban and Rebecca.

Bethuel
בְּתוּאֵל
Rebecca and Eliezer taking leave of her father, Bethuel, set in a landscape
Born
Children
  • Laban (son)
  • Rebecca (daughter)
  • Sahar (son, according to Book of Jasher)
Parent(s)Nahor (father) and Milcah (mother)

Bethuel was also a town in the territory of the tribe of Simeon, west of the Dead Sea. Some scholars identify it with Bethul and Bethel in southern Judah, to which David gives part of the spoils of his combat with the Amalekites.

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