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Sarai (Sarah)
Rebekah is Nahor’s granddaughter and Bethuel’s daughter; she marries Isaac after Abraham sends his servant to his homeland in search of a wife for his son. At first, Rebekah is barren, but after Isaac prays for her, she conceives Jacob and Esau, who wrestle in her womb. Of her two sons, Rebekah favors Jacob and incites him to trick the dying Isaac into giving him Esau’s blessing.
Rebekah Quotes in Genesis
The Genesis quotes below are all either spoken by Rebekah or refer to Rebekah. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 27
Quotes
Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?—yes, and blessed he shall be!” When Esau heard his father's words, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, father!” But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright; and look, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
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Rebekah Quotes in Genesis
The Genesis quotes below are all either spoken by Rebekah or refer to Rebekah. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 27
Quotes
Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?—yes, and blessed he shall be!” When Esau heard his father's words, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, father!” But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright; and look, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
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