Bethuel
Bethuel
man of God, or virgin of God, or house of God. (1.) The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Gen. 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47). He appears in person only once (24:50).
(2.) A southern city of Judah (1 Chr. 4:30); called also Bethul (Josh. 19:4) and Bethel (12:16; 1 Sam. 30:27).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Bethuel
“The Syrian” (Aramite).
1. Nahor’s son by Miclah, nephew of Abraham, father of Rebekah (Gen 22:22-23; Gen 24:15; Gen 24:24; Gen 24:47; Gen 28:2). Bethuel appears personally only in Gen 24:50, and then after his son. Blunt (Undesigned Coincidences) notices Bethuel’s consistent insignificance in the whole affair of his daughter’s marriage. When Abraham’s servant at the well asks Rebekah, “Is there room in thy father’s house for us?” she “ran and told them of her mother’s house” (not of her father’s, as Rachel did when Jacob introduced himself: Gen 29:12).
Laban her brother ran out and invited him in, not Bethuel, the natural person to do it. The servant makes presents of jewels and precious things to Rebekah, “and to her brother, and to her mother,” but not to Bethuel. The brother and mother propose her abiding a few days before going. Finally, in the next generation, Rebekah’s son, in inquiring after his kindred, asks, “Know ye Laban, the son of Nahor?” the father’s name being omitted and the grandfather’s substituted (Gen 29:5). The consistency of omission is too marked to be accidental, and yet such as a forger would never have devised. Bethuel was probably incapable, from age or imbecility, of managing his own affairs; but see Laban. (See LABAN.)
2. A place (See BETHUL.) (1Ch 4:30).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Bethuel
BETHUEL.1. The son of Nahor and Milcah, nephew of Abraham, and father of Laban and Rebekah (Gen 22:23; Gen 24:15; Gen 24:24; Gen 24:47; Gen 24:50; Gen 25:20; Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5). In Gen 28:5 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ) he is called Bethuel the Syrian. 2. 1Ch 4:30; or Bethul (Jos 19:4). See Bethel, 2.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Bethuel (1)
be-thuel (, bethu’el; dweller in God): A son of Nahor and Milcah, Abraham’s nephew, father of Laban and Rebekah (Gen 22:23; Gen 24:15, Gen 24:24, Gen 24:47, Gen 24:50; Gen 25:20; Gen 28:2, Gen 28:5). In the last-named passage, he is surnamed the Syrian. The only place where he appears as a leading character in the narrative is in connection with Rebekah’s betrothal to Isaac; and even here, his son Laban stands out more prominently than he – a fact explainable on the ground of the custom which recognized the right of the brother to take a special interest in the welfare of the sister (compare Gen 34:5, Gen 34:21, Gen 34:25; 2Sa 13:20, 2Sa 13:22). Ant, I, xvi, 2 states that Bethuel was dead at this time.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bethuel (2)
be-thuel, bethu-el (, bethu’el, destroyed of God): A town of Simeon (1Ch 4:30), the same as Bethul (Jos 19:4), and, probably, as the Beth-el of 1Sa 30:27.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bethuel
Bethuel, son of Abraham’s brother Nahor, and father of Laban and of Rebecca, whom Isaac married (Gen 22:22-23).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Bethuel
[Bethu’el]
Son of Nahor, a Syrian, Abraham’s brother, and father of Rebekah. Gen 22:22-23; Gen 24:15-47; Gen 25:20; Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Bethuel
H1328
Son of Nahor, father of Rebekah.
Gen 22:22-23; Gen 24:15; Gen 24:24; Gen 25:20; Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Bethuel
Be’thuel. (dweller in God). The son of Nahor, by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah, Gen 22:22-23; Gen 24:15; Gen 24:24; Gen 24:47; Gen 28:2. In Gen 25:20 and Gen 28:5, he is called “Bethuel, the Syrian.”
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Bethuel
the son of Nahor and Milcah. He was Abraham’s nephew, and father to Laban and Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, Gen 22:20; Gen 22:23.