Bible Cross References
Arise
Hosea 12:12
Our ancestor Jacob had to flee to Mesopotamia, where, in order to get a wife, he worked for another man and took care of his sheep.
Padan-aram
Genesis 28:5
Isaac sent Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 22:20-23
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Some time later Abraham learned that Milcah had borne eight children to his brother Nahor:
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Uz the first-born, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
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Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel,
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Rebecca's father. Milcah bore these eight sons to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Genesis 24:10
The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.
Genesis 24:15-24
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Before he had finished praying, Rebecca arrived with a water jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife Milcah.
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She was a very beautiful young woman and still a virgin. She went down to the well, filled her jar, and came back.
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The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a drink of water from your jar."
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She said, "Drink, sir," and quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and held it while he drank.
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When he had finished, she said, "I will also bring water for your camels and let them have all they want."
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She quickly emptied her jar into the animals' drinking trough and ran to the well to get more water, until she had watered all his camels.
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The man kept watching her in silence, to see if the LORD had given him success.
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When she had finished, the man took an expensive gold ring and put it in her nose and put two large gold bracelets on her arms.
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He said, "Please tell me who your father is. Is there room in his house for my men and me to spend the night?"
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"My father is Bethuel son of Nahor and Milcah," she answered.
Genesis 25:20
Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel (an Aramean from Mesopotamia) and sister of Laban.
Genesis 29:1
Jacob continued on his way and went toward the land of the East.
Genesis 31:18
Genesis 32:10
I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.
Genesis 35:9
When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
Genesis 46:15
These are the sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah. In all, his descendants by Leah numbered thirty-three.
Laban
Genesis 24:29
Now Rebecca had a brother named Laban, and he ran outside to go to the well where Abraham's servant was.
Genesis 24:50
Laban and Bethuel answered, "Since this matter comes from the LORD, it is not for us to make a decision.