Rebecca

Rebecca
Rebecca
רִבְקָה‎
	Abram's servant tying the bracelet on Rebecca's arm (1775) by Benjamin West
Died	unknown
Spouse	Isaac
Children	Esau (son); Jacob (son)
Parent	Bethuel (father);
Relatives	Laban (brother); Nahor II (grandfather); Milcah (grandmother); Abraham (granduncle/father-in-law); Sarah (grandaunt/mother-in-law); Haran (granduncle/great-grandfather); Lot (uncle); Iscah (aunt)

Rebecca^[a] (/rɪˈbɛkə/) appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim.^[3] Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham.^[4] Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples that some believe are buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs, the other three being Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Leah.^[5] Most scholars view the patriarchal and matriarchal narratives as unhistorical literary constructs.^[6]^[7]

^ "Rebecca". Online Etymology Dictionary. 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
^ "Meaning and etymology of the name Rebecca (Rebekah)". Abarim Publications. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
^ Hamori, Esther J. (2015). Women's Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-17891-3.
^ Tuchman, Shera Aranoff; Rapoport, Sandra E. (2004). The Passions of the Matriarchs. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-847-9.
^ "Cave of the Patriarchs". Chabad.org. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
^ Frevel, Christian. History of Ancient Israel. Atlanta, Georgia. SBL Press. 2023. p. 33. ISBN 9781628375138. “[T]he narratives about the patriarchs and matriarchs are not true in the historical sense.”
^ Dever, William G. (2001). p. 98. What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and when Did They Know It?: What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8028-2126-3.

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[1] "Rebecca". Online Etymology Dictionary. 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

[2] "Meaning and etymology of the name Rebecca (Rebekah)". Abarim Publications. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

[4] Hamori, Esther J. (2015). Women's Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-17891-3.

[5] Tuchman, Shera Aranoff; Rapoport, Sandra E. (2004). The Passions of the Matriarchs. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-847-9.

[6] "Cave of the Patriarchs". Chabad.org. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

[7] Frevel, Christian. History of Ancient Israel. Atlanta, Georgia. SBL Press. 2023. p. 33. ISBN 9781628375138. “[T]he narratives about the patriarchs and matriarchs are not true in the historical sense.”

[8] Dever, William G. (2001). p. 98. What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and when Did They Know It?: What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8028-2126-3.

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Rebecca
רִבְקָה‎
Abram's servant tying the bracelet on Rebecca's arm (1775) by Benjamin West
Died	unknown
Spouse	Isaac
Children	Esau (son) Jacob (son)
Parent	Bethuel (father)
Relatives	Laban (brother) Nahor II (grandfather) Milcah (grandmother) Abraham (granduncle/father-in-law) Sarah (grandaunt/mother-in-law) Haran (granduncle/great-grandfather) Lot (uncle) Iscah (aunt)