Genesis 22:23
Strong's Lexicon
And Bethuel
וּבְתוּאֵ֖ל (ū·ḇə·ṯū·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1328: Bethuel = 'God destroys' or 'man of God' or 'dweller in God' n pr m 1) nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor by Milcah, father of Rebekah n pr loc 2) a town of Simeon in the south

became the father of
יָלַ֣ד (yā·laḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Rebekah.
רִבְקָ֑ה (riḇ·qāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7259: Rebekah = 'ensnarer' 1) daughter of Bethuel, sister of Laban, wife of Isaac, and mother of Esau and Jacob

Milcah
מִלְכָּ֔ה (mil·kāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4435: Milcah = 'queen' 1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children 2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh

bore
יָלְדָ֣ה (yā·lə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

these
אֵ֙לֶּה֙ (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent

eight [sons]
שְׁמֹנָ֥ה (šə·mō·nāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8083: 1) eight, eighth 1a) eight (as cardinal number) 1b) eighth (as ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers

to Abraham’s
אַבְרָהָֽם׃ (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham = 'father of a multitude' or 'chief of multitude' 1) friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

brother
אֲחִ֥י (’ă·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 251: 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

Nahor.
לְנָח֖וֹר (lə·nā·ḥō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5152: Nahor = 'snorting' 1) son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham 2) son of Terah and brother of Abraham

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Young's Literal Translation
and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;’ these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham’s brother;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Bethuel fathered Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

New American Standard Bible
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

King James Bible
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham's brother Nahor.

New Living Translation
(Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) In addition to these eight sons from Milcah,

English Standard Version
(Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

New American Standard Bible
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

King James Bible
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Bethuel fathered Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

International Standard Version
Bethuel fathered Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

NET Bible
(Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham's brother Nahor.

American Standard Version
And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

English Revised Version
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Young's Literal Translation
and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;' these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham's brother;
















Cross References
Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 22:22
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

Genesis 22:24
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

Genesis 24:15
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

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.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 22:21
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

Genesis 22:20
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

Genesis 23:1
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

Genesis 23:2
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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