She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."
KJV
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
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And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah,.... Which Milcah was the daughter of Haran, Abraham's elder brother, and, as thought by many, sister to Sarah, Abraham's wife, see
Gen 11:29
,
which she bare unto Nahor; Abraham's brother; so that her father was Nahor's son, not by his concubine Reumah, but by his lawful wife Milcah, which sets Rebekah's descent in a true light, see
Gen 22:20
; whether she told her own name is not certain, it may be, since the servant bade it,
Gen 24:45
.
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