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Genesis 22:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 22 · verse 23
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.Genesis 22:23 · King James Version
Genesis 22:23 in context
21Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Abraham'sʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- BethuelBᵉthûwʼêlBethuel, the name of a nephew of Abraham, and of a place in PalestineH1328 →
- RebekahRibqâhRibkah, the wife of IsaacH7259 →
- MilcahMilkâhMilcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an IsraeliteH4435 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- eightshᵉmôneha cardinal number, eightH8083 →
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