Rebekah: Model matriarch

Rebekah is a singular figure within the Bible. Her energy and agency revitalize the covenant family. Inhabiting a matrix of feminine family roles, as daughter, sister, bride, wife, mother, and mother-in-law, Rebekah embodies numerous core qualities, both positive and problematic. A close reading of the different elements of her story will illustrate her foundational significance for the Ancestor Narratives of Genesis 12–50, as well as her role in setting the course for the people of Israel, whose matriarch she is