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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Bethuel (Bethel)

It was a town in the south, in Simeon's land, called Bethul in Joshua 19:4 and Bethel in 1 Samuel 30:27. It is not the famous Bethel near Jerusalem, and it has no tie to the Aramean Bethuel.

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It was a town in the south, in Simeon's land, called Bethul in Joshua 19:4 and Bethel in 1 Samuel 30:27. It is not the famous Bethel near Jerusalem, and it has no tie to the Aramean Bethuel.

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This Bethuel was a town in the southern territory of Simeon, called Bethul in Joshua 19:4 and Bethel in 1 Samuel 30:27, not the more famous Bethel near Jerusalem. It shares its name with, but is unrelated to, the Aramean Bethuel who was the father of Rebekah and grandfather of Jacob and Esau.

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The word

H1329

Where it is
  • 35.124376
  • 31.344952
Where it appears
  • Joshua 19:4

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