Rebecca
![''Abram's servant tying the bracelet on Rebecca's arm'' (1775) by [[Benjamin West]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Benjamin_West_-_Isaac%27s_servant_tying_the_bracelet_on_Rebecca%27s_arm_-_Google_Art_Project_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Rebecca|Rīvqa|Rīḇqā}}
ISO 259-3 , , ;
Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from
Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare')}} () appears in the
Hebrew Bible as the wife of
Isaac and the mother of
Jacob and
Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was
Bethuel the
Aramean from
Paddan Aram, also called
Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was
Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of
Milcah and
Nahor, the brother of
Abraham. Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples that some believe are buried in the
Cave of the Patriarchs, the other three being
Adam and
Eve, Abraham and
Sarah, and
Jacob and
Leah. Most scholars have considered Rebecca's historicity uncertain.
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