Rebekah
(fl. ?19th-16th cent BCE)
Israelite woman, wife of
Isaac. When
Abraham sent his servant
Eliezer to Aram Naharaim to seek a wife for his son
Isaac,
Eliezer chose Rebekah. She bore
Isaac twin sons,
Esau and
Jacob (Genesis 24-28).
Dictionary of Jewish Biography.
Dan Cohn-Sherbok.