Gen. 24:28

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Gen 24:48; Gen 24:55; Gen 24:67; Gen 31:33

her mother's.Some have conjectured from this, that her father Bethuel was dead; and the person called Bethuel, (Gen 24:50,) was a younger brother.

This is possible; but as Dr. A. Clarke remarks, the mother's house might be mentioned were even the father alive; for in Asiatic countries, the women have apartments entirely separate from those of the men, in which their little children and grown-up daughters reside with them.

This was probably the case here; though, from the whole narrative, it is very probable that Bethuel was dead, as the whole business appears to be conducted by Rebekah's brothers.