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'''Bethuel''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''בתואל''', ''Bethuel'', "House of God") was an inhabitant of ancient [[Syria]] and ancestor of the house of [[Israel]].
== Family ==
He was the youngest son of [[Nahor (son of Terah)|Nahor]] and [[Milcah]]. He had at least two children. His daughter, [[Rebekah]], married [[Isaac]], son of Bethuel's uncle [[Abraham]]. His son [[Laban]] had two daughters, [[Rachel]] and [[Leah]], both of whom married [[Jacob]], son of Isaac.
== Marriage of Rebekah ==
When Eliezer of [[Damascus]], steward of the house of Abraham, came to [[Padan-aram]] to find a wife for Isaac, he met Rebekah at a well. Rebekah brought Eliezer before Bethuel and Laban. There Eliezer told this story: he had come first to the well and asked [[God]] that the first young woman to offer him [[water]] to drink, and to water his camels, should be the one to marry Isaac. Rebekah was that woman. When Bethuel and Laban heard that story, they confessed that only God could have directed such an event, and they must not oppose it.
==See Also==
* [[Israel]]
* [[Islam]]
* [[Palestine]]
{{nb hebrews}}
[[Category:Book of Genesis Persons]]
== Family ==
He was the youngest son of [[Nahor (son of Terah)|Nahor]] and [[Milcah]]. He had at least two children. His daughter, [[Rebekah]], married [[Isaac]], son of Bethuel's uncle [[Abraham]]. His son [[Laban]] had two daughters, [[Rachel]] and [[Leah]], both of whom married [[Jacob]], son of Isaac.
== Marriage of Rebekah ==
When Eliezer of [[Damascus]], steward of the house of Abraham, came to [[Padan-aram]] to find a wife for Isaac, he met Rebekah at a well. Rebekah brought Eliezer before Bethuel and Laban. There Eliezer told this story: he had come first to the well and asked [[God]] that the first young woman to offer him [[water]] to drink, and to water his camels, should be the one to marry Isaac. Rebekah was that woman. When Bethuel and Laban heard that story, they confessed that only God could have directed such an event, and they must not oppose it.
==See Also==
* [[Israel]]
* [[Islam]]
* [[Palestine]]
{{nb hebrews}}
[[Category:Book of Genesis Persons]]