Genesis 22:23
And Bathuel, of whom was born Rebecca: These eight did Melcha bear to Nachor Abraham's brother.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
In Context
22And Cased, and Azau, and Pheldas, and Jedlaph,
24And his concubine, named Roma, bore Tabee, and Gaham, and Tahas, and Maacha.
Cross References
Genesis 24:15he had not yet ended these words within himself, and behold Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bathuel, son of Melcha, wife to Nachor the brother of Abraham, having a pitcher on her shoulder:
Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him. So I put earrings on her to adorn her face, and I put bracelets on her hands.
Genesis 24:60Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands, and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.
Genesis 25:20Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.
Genesis 28:5And when Isaac had sent him away, he took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria to Laban the son of Bathuel the Syrian, brother to Rebecca his mother.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 22:21-24
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; 21 Huz his first born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. This is recorded here, 1. To show that though… Read the whole commentary →