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2007-10-16 11:34:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

And where did Rebekah die at?

2007-10-16 11:35:17 · update #1

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The Rabbis disagree as to the age of Rebekah at the time of her marriage to Isaac. The statement of the Seder 'Olam Rabbah (i.) and Gen. R. (lvii. 1) that Abraham was informed of Rebekah's birth when he ascended Mount Moriah for the 'Aḳedah, is interpreted by some as meaning that Rebekah was born at that time, and that consequently she was only three years old at the time of her marriage. Other rabbis, however, conclude from calculations that she was fourteen years old, and that therefore she was born eleven years before the 'Aḳedah, both numbers being found in different manuscripts of the Seder 'Olam Rabbah (comp. Tos. to Yeb. 61b). The "Sefer ha-Yashar" (section "Ḥayye Sarah," p. 38a, Leghorn, 1870) gives Rebekah's age at her marriage as ten years.

The Rabbis agree that Rebekah died at the age of 133 years (Sifre, Deut. 357; Midr. Tadshe, in Epstein. "Mi-Ḳadmoniyyot ha-Yehudim," p. xxii.; "Sefer ha-Yashar," section "Wayishlaḥ," p. 56b).

2007-10-16 11:43:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It doesn't say. It just says that Isaac was 40.

2007-10-16 11:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by atomzer0 6 · 0 0

Niether answer is given in Scripture.............we know where her nurse died............and we know that her husband was around 40 and she was probably much younger..............

2007-10-16 11:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by fanofchan 6 · 0 0

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