H1328a H1328a
Bethuel, nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor, and father of Rebekah and Laban.
A proper name (perhaps meaning 'man of God,' comparable to מְתוּאֵל) designating the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and the father of Rebekah. Bethuel plays a pivotal but surprisingly passive role in the patriarchal narratives — he is named as Rebekah's father when Abraham's servant seeks a bride for Isaac (Gen 24:15, 24, 47, 50), yet Laban does most of the speaking. He is consistently identified as 'Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-Aram' (Gen 25:20; 28:2, 5). Translations are uniform: Spanish 'Betuel', French 'Bethuel', German 'Betuel.'
Senses
1. Bethuel — Bethuel — a proper name (possibly 'man of God') for the son of Nahor and Milcah, nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah and Laban. He appears primarily in the betrothal narrative of Genesis 24, where Abraham's servant travels to the city of Nahor in Aram-Naharaim to find a wife for Isaac (Gen 24:15, 24, 47, 50). The Priestly source identifies him as 'Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-Aram' (Gen 25:20; 28:2, 5). His relative silence in the marriage negotiation, where Laban takes the lead, has long intrigued commentators. Cross-linguistic evidence is highly consistent: Spanish 'Betuel', French 'Bethuel', German 'Betuel'. 9×
AR["بَتُوئِيلَ","لِبَتُوئِيلَ","وَ-بَتُوئِيلُ","وَبَتُوئِيلُ"]·ben["এবং-বথূয়েল","ও-বথূয়েল","বথূয়েল","বথূয়েলের","বথূয়েলের-কাছে"]·DE["Betuel","Betuels","dem-Betuel","und-Betuel"]·EN["Bethuel","and-Bethuel","to-Bethuel"]·FR["Bethuel","et-Bethuel","à-Bethuel"]·heb["בתואל","ו-בתואל","ל-בתואל"]·HI["और-बतूएल-ने","बतूएल","बतूएल-की","बतूएल-के","बतूएल-के-लिए"]·ID["Betuel","dan-Betuel","kepada-Betuel"]·IT["Bethuel","a-Bethuel","e-Bethuel"]·jav["Betuel","Bétuel","Lan-Betuel","dhateng-Betuel","lan-Betuel"]·KO["그리고-브두엘이","브두엘","브두엘-에게","브두엘을","브두엘의"]·PT["Betu'el","E-Betu'el","e-Betu'el","para-Betu'el"]·RU["Бетуила","Бетуилу","Бетуэла","Вефуила","И-Бетуил","и-Бетуил"]·ES["Betuel","Y-Betuel","a-Betuel","y-Betuel"]·SW["Bethueli","Na-Bethueli","kwa-Bethueli","na-Bethueli","ya"]·TR["Aramlı'nın","Betuel'e","Betuel'i","Betuel'in","Ve-Betuel","ve-Betuel"]·urd["اور-بتوایل-نے","بتوایل","بتوایل-کی","بتوایل-کے","بتوایل-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. בְּתוּאֵל n.pr.m. (? = מְתוּאֵל man of God) Gn 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47, 50 (J) son of Nahor, neph. of Abr., living in Aramaic-Naharaim, in city of Nahor; 25:20; 28:2, 5 (P) Aramaean of Paddan-Aramaic.