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BethuelוּבְתוּאֵלfatheredיָלַדRebekah.אֶת רִבְקָהTheseאֵלֶּהeightשְׁמֹנָהMilcahמִלְכָּהboreיָלְדָהto Nahor,לְנָחוֹרAbraham’sאַבְרָהָםbrother.אֲחִי
Genesis 22:23
Study it in the app“Bethuel fathered Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 22:23, word by word
- Bethuelבְתוּאֵלvetuel
Bethuel
Bethuel, son of Nahor and father of Rebekah and Laban; also a place.
Where else “vetuel” appears- fatheredיָלַדyalad
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yalad” appears- Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears- eightשְׁמֹנָהshemona
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemona” appears- Milcahמִלְכָּהmilka
Milcah
Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abram's brother; also a daughter of Zelophehad.
Where else “milka” appears- to Nahorנָחוֹרnachor
Nahor
Nahor, the name of Abraham's grandfather and of one of his brothers; also the town where his brother's family lived.
Where else “nachor” appears- Abraham’sאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
22Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 · This verse (above)
24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
To study Genesis 22 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim ask of Abraham, and what provision appeared on the mountain (vv. 2, 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does this account teach about trusting Elohim and his provision (vv. 12-14)?
3. How I live it
What is hard for you to place in Elohim’s hands, and how can you talk with him about it?