Genesis - 24:24



24 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."

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And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor.
And she saith unto him, 'I am daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.'
And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.
She responded, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, to whom she gave birth for Nahor."
Et dixerat ad eum, Filia Bethuel sum, filii Milchah, quem peperit ipsa nachor.

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And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,.... Which Milcah was the daughter of Haran, Abraham's elder brother, and, as thought by many, sister to Sarah, Abraham's wife, see Genesis 11:29,
which she bare unto Nahor; Abraham's brother; so that her father was Nahor's son, not by his concubine Reumah, but by his lawful wife Milcah, which sets Rebekah's descent in a true light, see Genesis 22:20; whether she told her own name is not certain, it may be, since the servant bade it, Genesis 24:45.

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