Rebecca

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Rebecca is a prominent biblical matriarch, known as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Hebrew Bible.

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Label Occurrences
Rebecca canonical 10

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
matriarch
person in the Hebrew Bible
appearsInChapter Genesis 24
Genesis 25
Genesis 26
Genesis 27
associatedWith well at Nahor’s city
associatedWithEvent deception of Isaac for Jacob’s blessing
brother Laban
children Esau
Jacob
culturalContext Ancient Near East
encouraged Jacob to obtain Isaac’s blessing
ethnicOrigin Aramean
linked to: Arameans
father Bethuel
favoredChild Jacob
grandfather Nahor
grandmother Milcah
knownFor hospitality to Abraham’s servant
inquiring of the Lord during pregnancy
kindness in drawing water for camels
languageOfName Hebrew
marriageArrangedBy Abraham’s servant
marriedIn Canaan
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
motherIn lineage of the Israelites
motherOf Esau
Jacob
nameInHebrew רִבְקָה
linked to: Rebekah
notableFor being mother of Esau and Jacob
being wife of Isaac
partOf Patriarchal narratives
prayedTo Yahweh
linked to: Adonai
pregnancyWith twins
relatedTo Abraham’s family
religion Judaism
residence Canaan
Haran
Paddan-aram
roleInNarrative carrier of Abrahamic covenant through Isaac’s line
spiritualTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
spouse Isaac
veneratedIn Christianity
Islam
Judaism

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prophet Ishaq spouse Rebecca
Matoaka baptismalName Rebecca
Rebecka hasBiblicalOriginVia Rebecca
Cenotaph of Rebecca commemorates Rebecca
subject linked to: cenotaph of Rebecca
Cenotaph of Rebecca dedicatedTo Rebecca
subject linked to: cenotaph of Rebecca
Cenotaph of Rebecca namedAfter Rebecca
subject linked to: cenotaph of Rebecca
Rebecca de Winter appearsIn Rebecca
Mikie Sherrill givenName Rebecca