Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah. Bound to become a favourite t-shirt. It is admittedly difficult to contemplate the possibility that Betuel is Rebekah’s mother in J but her father in P, but confusion of names in lineages is hardly a unique phenomenon. Rebecca Adlington's ex-husband Harry Needs has come out as bisexual in a series of Instagram posts on Father's Day. Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright (the right to be recognized as firstborn), and Esau agreed. From the start, Esau was a ‘man’s man’, good at hunting and outdoors activities, confident, careless, unconcerned. Another possibility is that the mistake was part of the programmatic work of the compiler in this chapter. Perfect Gift Idea for Women on Halloween, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving or Birthday with funny saying . The Bible offers clear examples of names changing places between J and P. For example, a careful look at the genealogy of Cain in Genesis 4:17-25 (J) and Genesis 5 (P) shows how the “same person” is given slightly variant names, and may appear in different places in the genealogy. “Everyone heard the shots and screams, and no one did anything,” Nicholas Payne, Rebecca’s father, said. Her family sent her off with her nurse, Deborah (according to Rashi), and blessed her, "Our sister, may you come to be thousands of myriads, and may your offspring inherit the gate of its foes.". [13] This is a creative answer, but the reader was already informed of this in Gen 22:24, so it is hard to understand why it would need to be stated here, let alone repeated three times. Privates. We can see the further evidence of redaction from the Wiederaufnahme (resumptive repetition) at the end of the verse, where again, Laban goes out to meet the man at the spring. He holds a Ph.D. from Emory University in Jewish Religious Cultures (Hebrew Bible focus) and an M.A. // Javascript URL redirection Esau therefore took Mahalath, a daughter of Isaac's half-brother Ishmael, as another wife. - See if wewe can answer this Brothers & Sisters trivia question! Whether Betuel was added into v. 50 as Rebekah’s father (to fit J with P), or whether Milkah was added into vv. [21], According to the Talmud, immediately after Abraham died, Jacob prepared a lentil stew as a traditional mourner's meal for his father, Isaac. Jacob and Esau were born when Isaac was 60 (Gen. 25:26); at that time Ishmael was 74. Many people told the Harpers to press charges, but Rebecca begged her mother not to. Thus, it seems more likely that Milkah was added by the redactor, to change Betuel from Nahor’s wife to Nahor’s son. The local art gallery has the priceless painting 'The Judgement of Man' on loan from the Vatican and curator Binkie Cadwallader is flattered to be interviewed by the glamorous reporter Rebecca Himmelbaum. Nevertheless, the argument here is not definitive, since delaying the verb until after the genealogy would also have been awkward and the comment is a parenthetical note from the narrator to the reader and not something the servant would have repeated. TheTorah.com is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.We rely on the support of readers like you. She wants to appear more grown up than she is, despite the mocking from her older sisters. Launched Shavuot 5773 / 2013 | Copyright © Project TABS, All Rights Reserved. [5] This refers to the right of a lord in certain cultures to sleep with a woman before her husband on the night of her wedding. Afterward his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob.’ Read Genesis 25:24-28. She was signed to ForeFront Records in 1993, releasing her major label debut the following year. Robert Wilson, a biblical scholar at Yale University, showed long ago that such variations in genealogies are found in texts from Israel’s ancient Near Eastern neighbors, and in many oral genealogies from different parts of the world that were recorded by anthropologists in the course of their fieldwork.[9]. [14] Both Gen 11:27-32 and Gen 22:20-24 are likely products of the redactor, included to create genealogical back-stories for the characters and to combine the key elements of J and P, and are not part of any original source. Moreover, it seems likely that Milkah herself was conjured up by the redactor of the Pentateuch to add P’s Betuel into the patriarchal lineage and to quash any alternative traditions of a mother named Betuel.[14]. ן לָבָן וּבְתוּאֵל) before this phrase to give Betuel at least one speaking part and a place in the negotiations. According to Rashi, the three miracles that characterized Sarah's tent while she was alive, and that disappeared with her death, reappeared when Rebecca entered the tent. [11] Thinking that she was carrying one baby who was displaying conflicting propensities, Rebecca sought enlightenment at the yeshiva of Shem and Eber. To his surprise, a young girl immediately came out and offered to draw water for him to drink, as well as water to fill the troughs for all his camels. Rebecca Walker (born November 17, 1969, as Rebecca Leventhal) is an American writer, feminist, and activist.Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publishing a 1992 article on feminism in Ms. magazine called "Becoming the Third Wave", in which she proclaimed: "I am the Third Wave." Thus another meaning of Rebekah is that of “captivating,” according to BibleGateway. [22] The Hebrew Bible states that Esau, returning famished from the fields, begged Jacob to give him some of the stew. She is thoughtful and generous. Here is how the verses would then be reconstructed: The redactor’s change fit the J genealogy with the P genealogy with minimal interference, simply by adding the words “son of Milkah” (בֶּן מִלְכָּה) after Nahor. He returned to Canaan with his large family, servants, and possessions. When she heard that this was her future husband, she modestly covered herself with a veil. [3] The LXX has “brothers” here, probably to make it fit with the blessing in vv. The first part is the word (EL), the common abbreviation of Elohim, meaning God. Rebecca was thought to have been the daughter of William Walker, the late patriarch of the Walker family, and his longtime mistress Holly Harper, although it was later revealed that she was not William Walker's daughter. A sampling of Zucker’s many articles on the Middle-East can be found on his blog, and he is the author of “He Said: ‘It’s an Event not Pure, for it’s not Pure!’ (I Sam. Still trying to get at the truth, Isaac asked him point-blank, "Are you really my son Esau?" 34-49). [1] The core idea of this piece appeared as an addendum to, “Was Betuel Lavan’s Father? Rebecca, née Deacon, was employed as Kate's former private secretary from 2012 to 2017. Rebecca's family is Jewish and maintains a commitment to their heritage. When Jacob protested that his father would recognize the deception and curse him as soon as he felt him, since Esau was hairy and Jacob smooth-skinned, Rebecca said that the curse would be on her instead. Widely considered a classic, it is a psychological thriller about a young woman who becomes obsessed with her husband’s first wife. Dr. and Jacob answered simply, "I am" (which can be taken as "I am me", not "I am Esau"). Meaning of Rebecca’s Name. He vowed to himself to kill Jacob as soon as Isaac died. window.location.replace(""); Rebecca Mirs In the original J narrative, Nahor is Rebekah’s father and not Betuel. In theory, v. 50 originally could have had only Laban talking, but this would require very aggressive redaction, since the speech itself is in plural form: Perhaps the original had “Laban and her mother answered,” (ויען לבן ואמה ויאמרו) but given that the editor did not make this replacement in v. 55, why would he make it here? She and her family once lived a happy life in a small cottage just outside of the kingdom. Rebekah’s father, Nahor, was dead in the original story and Rebekah lived in “her mother’s (Betuel’s!) The Bible has many names with the same grammatical form as Betuel, including: The problem is that no root with the letters bet and tav make sense here in a man’s name. Rebecca appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. Rebecca's death after Jacob's 20 years with Laban indicates that Jacob was 97 when his mother died and Rebecca was either 120 or 134 (based on different Midrashim mentioned earlier about her age at marriage). Like Abraham before him, who called Sarah his "sister" rather than his "wife" so that the Egyptians would not kill him and take his wife, Isaac told the people of Gerar that Rebecca was his sister. Rebecca was buried in the Cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan (Gen 49:31). [26] Isaac therefore sent Esau out to the fields to trap and cook a piece of game for him, so that he could eat it and bless Esau before he died. She was not molested, but one day Abimelech looked through the window and saw Isaac "sporting" (a euphemism for sexual play)[24] with her. [26] She therefore ordered Jacob to bring her two goats from the flock, which she cooked in the way Isaac loved, and had him bring them to his father in place of Esau. Rebecca continued to draw water until all the camels were sated, proving her kind and generous nature and her suitability for entering Abraham's household. - See if you can answer this Brothers & Sisters trivia question! Rebecca, Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1938. Some of the events leading up to the marriage of Isaac and Rebecca have been institutionalized in the traditional Jewish wedding ceremony. She then convinced Isaac to send Jacob away, by telling him that she despaired of him marrying a local girl from the idol-worshipping families of Canaan (as Esau had done). She wants to be an actress like her cousin Max when she grows up. A compilation of the best new Rebecca Zamolo music videos for this 24 hour song challenge. At this time, the Sages state that one should begin to think he might not exceed the age of whichever parent died first. in Hebrew Letters, a Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) from JTS, and rabbinic ordination from HUC-JIR. It only seems logical that the people who agree to the match in vv. Father and family heads west. In this case, however, the redactor unwittingly caused a narrative problem, since the original story imagines Rebekah’s father (originally Nahor, now Betuel) to be deceased by the time of this story; by adding him into the narrative at this point, he brought Rebekah’s father back from the dead. Eventually Isaac parted from Abimelech in peace. Mini Bio (1) Rebecca Alie Romijn was born on November 6, 1972 in Berkeley, California. Gen 25:6 Rebecca said to her son Jacob, “I overheard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying, 25:7 ‘Bring me some game and prepare a dish for me to eat, that I may bless you, with YHWH’s approval, before I die.’ 25:8 Now, my son, listen carefully as I instruct you. Undoubtedly, Rebekah’s mention of her mother, Betuel, is also unusual, but makes good sense in the context of the original J narrative. She began performing in Australia in the late 1980s and released her first full-length studio album in 1991. As Rebecca and her entourage approached Abraham's home, they spied Isaac from a distance in the fields of Beer-lahai-roi. Stanley Gevirtz (1929–1988), late Professor of Biblical Studies at Hebrew Union College, suggested to his students—among whom was one of the authors (DZ)—that the verse in its entirety is original, but we are misunderstanding who Betuel is in J. Rebecca used to pick flowers together with her mother and then sell them in town. If Ishmael was 137 at the time of his death, this means that Jacob and Esau were 63 at the time of the blessings. The same word is used in Eve to Adam, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make him a That “son of Milkah” is a redactional addition is suggested by the cumbersome and strange nature of these words: mentioning a grandmother’s name in such contexts is unknown. Right after Jacob receives the blessings and flees to Laban, the Torah states that Esau married "Mahalat, the daughter of Ishmael, son of Abraham, sister of Nebaiot" (Gen. 28:9), on which Rashi, quoting Megillah 17a, notes that Ishmael died between the engagement and wedding, so the girl's brother gave her away. When Laban speaks in this story with some else, it is with his and Rebekah’s mother (v. 55). Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebecca. [7] Thus, every mention of Betuel as Rebekah’s father in this chapter (vv. from Hebrew University in Jewish History (biblical period focus). See, Tzemah Yoreh, Genesis: Israel’s Origins (Kernel to Canon; Modern Scriptures, 2014), 204-211. Perhaps this was added in later as a way of making Laban look greedy, implying that it was not out of hospitality or care for his sister that he invited the man, but because he was clearly from a rich household. [9] See Robert Wilson, Genealogy and History in the Biblical World (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977). Alexander is a nod to the child's father, who shares the same middle name. He holds an M.A. This article is about the Biblical matriarch. Isaac demanded that Jacob come close so he could feel him, but the goatskins felt just like Esau's hairy skin. When he called Rebecca to apologize, the affair started agai… [4] Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples that some believe are buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs, the other three being Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Leah.[5]. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. [19] The description of Esau as a "hunter" hints to his skill of trapping his father with his mouth; for example, he would ask Isaac whether tithes should be taken from salt and straw, making his father think he was scrupulous in keeping the mitzvahs. (27:22). The realization that he has been deceived shocks Isaac, yet he acknowledged that Jacob received the blessings as sworn, by adding, "Indeed, he will be [or remain] blessed!" Abraham was one hundred years when Isaac was born (Genesis 46:5). Perhaps it implies the appearance of younger brothers that are unnamed in the story. The Talmudic dating indicates both men were 15 years old at the time.[23]. [10] It should thus come as no surprise that different sources should preserve traditions attributing different lineages to Rebekah. Isaac was born when Abraham was 100 (Gen. 21:5); at that time Ishmael was 14. is the rabbi of Temple Hatikvah (Flanders, NJ) and President and CEO of Americans for Democracy in the Middle-East. The piece has been greatly expanded and the section laying out Stanley Gevirtz’s suggestion is entirely new. This suggestion allows us to offer a translation of an otherwise untranslatable name. According to Genesis, Isaac had reached the age of 137. This is understood from the plain meaning of the verses. There she received the prophecy that twins were fighting in her womb and would continue to fight all their lives. 59-60 “our sister.” The plural in these verses is admittedly strange. After hosting the party overnight, however, the family tried to keep Rebecca with them longer. Abraham died at the age of 175 (Genesis 25:7), making Jacob and Esau fifteen years old at the time of Abraham's death. Directed by Eugene Marner. Rebecca[a] appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. Her grandfather and aunt, Viola, would come visit every once in a while. Rebecca is nicknamed "Beckie" by her family. With John Savage, Rebecca De Mornay, Yossi Graber, Michael Schneider. about Summer, who was born on 8 June. Before the bride and bridegroom stand under the chuppah, they take part in a special ceremony called badeken (veiling). Rebecca Mir und Massimo Sinató beim Deutschen Fernsehpreis 2012. One reason why Isaac became blind in his old age was due to the smoke of the incense that these women offered to their idols.[25]. According to the Midrash,[28] the plural form of the word "weeping" indicates a double sorrow, implying that Rebecca also died at this time. (Esau referred to the dish as "that red, red stuff", giving rise to his nickname, Hebrew: אדום‎ ('Edom, meaning "Red").) As he stood at the central well in Abraham's birthplace with his men and ten camels laden with goods, he prayed to God: And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. When the time came for Rebecca to give birth, the first child to come out emerged red and hairy all over, with his heel grasped by the hand of the second to come out. fanpop quiz: What is Rebecca's real father's name? He had a good relationship with his father. Surprised to perceive that Esau was back so soon, Isaac asked how it could be that the hunt went so quickly. When Abraham’s servant wants to express gratitude for agreeing to the match by giving gifts, it is to Rebekah’s brother and mother (v. 53). [11] Tzemah Yoreh suggests that the entire genealogy in v. 15 was added later, noting that the genealogy comes awkwardly after the verb. At the age of 40 (the same age his father had been when he married), Esau took two Hittite wives, Judith the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, who vexed Isaac and Rebecca to no end, as these women were also idol-worshippers. Shemuel (“Named of El” or “Great One of El”). 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