How old is Rebekah when she marries Isaac?
please dont use wikipedia, only answer if you really know.
2007-12-23 08:03:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wikipedia tried to tell me she was 3
2007-12-23 08:16:29 · update #1
The Bible never mentions Rebekah's age so there is no way we can know for sure. There are a lot of traditions of men that pick many various ages but none of the them are based on anything other than speculation. Here are some ages you can play with but they will not lead to anything but speculation. Genesis 17:17 tells us that Sara was 10 years younger than Abraham - We are told that Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born that of course makes Sarah 90 years old at Isaac's birth. The Bible also tells us that Sarah died when she was 127 years old. So at her death Isaac would have been 37 years old. The Bible further tells us that Isaac married Rebekah after Sarah died so he was at least 37. There is no mention of Rebekah's age. However, reading the account of her consent to marry Isaac and then traveling to meet him along with the fact that they almost immediately went into the tent and consummated the marriage tells us that Rebekah was not a young child as some people like to say. We are also told that Isaac was 60 years old when Jacob and Esau were born. Now those are the facts from Scripture anything and everything else is tradition and speculation not necessarily truth. Hope that helps
Edit: LOL. Read the accounts, there is no way she was three.
2007-12-23 08:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by mr_e_cowboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a very good question...since my bibles are still in storage right now, i had to call my mom n have her read from hers to me....
according to the bible, her age was not mentioned, only that she was virginal...so i can only surmise based on what i know of things back then--people died young around that time (pre-flood lived near to 1000yrs, post-flood often lived to a little over 100 or so), so they married young in order to procreate faster....by jesus' time, women were often in their early teens when married (most believe mary to have been about 14 or 15 when she gave birth).....
so by some guesstimations, i would say late teens, maybe early 20s for rebekah, w/isaac being anywhere from 3yrs to 13yrs older than her
hope someone out there really knows, coz that'd be cool
:0)
2007-12-23 17:02:20 · answer #2 · answered by jazzd4jc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 24 tells of Isaac & Rebekah.
The KJV Holy Bible does not give her age.
The Holy Bible says she was a young woman, a virgin, and very beautiful.
2007-12-23 16:24:54 · answer #3 · answered by faith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was 13 and a half. Now what do you have against Wikipedia?
2007-12-23 16:09:42 · answer #4 · answered by Blame Amy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was 3? I don't think so.
From Scripture, we know she was old enough to tend sheep and get water from the well. She was also old enough to make up her own mind in the matter. But I didn't see a reference to her age. All this and more you can find in the Book of Genesis.
2007-12-23 16:51:04 · answer #5 · answered by Brother Jonathan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Book of Jasher said she was ten years old.
2007-12-23 17:03:42 · answer #6 · answered by Not perfect, just forgiven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, the Bible does not say.
2007-12-23 16:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by JoeBama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋