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Common KnowledgePeople/CharactersRebecca, daughter of Bethuel "Rebekah"

People/Characters: Rebecca, daughter of Bethuel "Rebekah"

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Works (6)

Titles	Order
Jacob and Esau (Bible Stories) by Mary Auld
Listen to Her Voice: Women of the Hebrew Bible by Miki Raver
NIV Thompson Chain-Reference Bible by Frank Charles Thompson
Testament by Jim Krueger
Women of the Bible by Alberta Rae Suné Richards
Women of the Old Testament by Camille Fronk Olson

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