From Nave’s Topical Bible
Rebekah (Rebecca)
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 11Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- The daughter of Bethuel, the grandniece of AbrahamGenesis 22:20–23
- Becomes Isaac' s wifeGenesis 24:15–67Genesis 25:20
- Mother of Esau and JacobGenesis 25:21–28
- Passes as Isaac' s sisterGenesis 26:6–11
- Displeased with Esau' s wivesGenesis 26:34Genesis 26:35
- Prompts Jacob to deceive IsaacGenesis 27:5–29
- Sends Jacob to Laban, her brotherGenesis 27:42–46
- Burial place ofGenesis 49:31
- Called REBECCARomans 9:10
The passages, in Bible order (11)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 11 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 22:20–23
Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
Commentary on Genesis 22:20–232 voices
(Verse 20) And they reported to Abraham, saying: Behold, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor: Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians, and Chesed. Uz was the firstborn of Nahor, brother of Abraham, by his wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
And it came to pass, after these things,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 24:15–67
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
Commentary on Genesis 24:15–672 voices
Rebekah came to the wells daily; she drew water daily. And because she spent time at the wells daily, therefore, she could be found by Abraham's servant and be united in marriage with Isaac.Do you think these are tales and that the Holy Spirit tells stories in the Scripture? This is instruction for souls and spiritual teaching which instructs and teaches you to come daily to the wells of the Scripture, to the waters of the Holy Spirit, and always to draw water and carry home a full vessel just as also holy Rebekah used to do.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON GENESIS 10.2, 253Patristic
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 25:20
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Commentary on Genesis 25:201 voice
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,.... Which was three years after the death of his mother; Isaac was born when she was ninety, and therefore must be thirty seven when she died.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 25:21–28
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Commentary on Genesis 25:21–282 voices
And Rebecca conceived, and by her patience she untied the knot of sterility. But let us consider what the prophetic and apostolic soul gives birth to and how it gives birth. She went, it says, to inquire of the Lord (Gen. XXV, 22), because the infants in her womb were rejoicing. And she received this answer: Two nations are in your womb (Ibid., 23); for she presumes nothing of her own accord, but in all things she seeks the highest God as the ruler of her plans.
Ambrose of Milan· On Isaac and the Soul, 397Patristic
And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife,.... Was very earnest and constant in his supplications for her, as the word signifies, as is observed by Jarchi; or, "before his wife" (a), she being present, and joining with him in his prayers: the reason was: because she was barren; which appeared by the length of time they had been married, which was near twenty years, see Gen 25:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Commentary on Genesis 26:342 voices
And Esau was forty years old,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
He took to wife - the daughter, etc. - It is very likely that the wives taken by Esau were daughters of chiefs among the Hittites, and by this union he sought to increase and strengthen his secular power and influence.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 26:35
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
Commentary on Genesis 26:351 voice
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac, and to Rebekah.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 27:5–29
Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
Commentary on Genesis 27:5–292 voices
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
And Rebekah heard - And was determined, if possible, to frustrate the design of Isaac, and procure the blessing for her favorite son. Some pretend that she received a Divine inspiration to the purpose; but if she had she needed not to have recourse to deceit, to help forward the accomplishment. Isaac, on being informed, would have had too much piety not to prefer the will of his Maker to his own partiality for his eldest son; but Rebekah had nothing of the kind to plead, and therefore had recourse to the most exceptionable means to accomplish her ends.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 27:42–46
When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
Commentary on Genesis 27:42–462 voices
And these words of Esau her eldest son were told to Rebekah,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee - מתנחם לך mithnachem lecha, which Houbigant renders cogitat super te, he thinks or meditates to kill thee. This sense is natural enough here, but it does not appear to be the meaning of the original; nor does Houbigant himself give it this sense, in his Racines Hebraiques. There is no doubt that Esau, in his hatred to his brother, felt himself pleased with the thought that he should soon have the opportunity of avenging his wrongs.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 49:31
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
Commentary on Genesis 49:311 voice
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Romans 9:10
Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
Commentary on Romans 9:101 voice
The history of Isaac, too, is not without a symbolical character. For in the Epistle to the Romans, the apostle declares: "Moreover, when Rebecca had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac," she received answer from the Word, "that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth, it was said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people are in thy body; and the one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger."
Irenaeus· Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 4, 202Patristic