Woman living at the time of the Patriarchs
Rebekah
Bethuel’s daughter and Laban’s sister, from the family of Abraham’s brother Nahor (Genesis 22:23; 24:15; 25:20). Abraham’s servant found her at the well, where she offered to water his camels, and she agreed to go with him at once to marry Isaac, who loved her (Genesis 24).
She was barren for years until Isaac prayed (Genesis 25:21). When the twins struggled in her womb, God told her that “the elder will serve the younger” (Genesis 25:22–23). She loved Jacob while Isaac loved Esau (Genesis 25:28), and she helped Jacob win the blessing by deception, then sent him away to her brother Laban to escape Esau’s anger (Genesis 27). She was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Genesis 49:31). Paul cites God’s word to her in Romans 9:10–12.
Family
- Father
- Bethuel
- Husband
- Isaac
- Children
- Esau, Jacob