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Rebekah

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Rebek´ah (a noosed cord); daughter of Bethuel, and sister of Laban, who became the wife of Isaac, and the mother of Jacob and Esau. The particulars of her history and conduct, as given in Scripture, chiefly illustrate her preference of Jacob over Esau, and have been related in the article Jacob: see also Isaac.

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Rebekah'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​r/rebekah.html.
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