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Commentary for Genesis 24:24

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו בַּת־בְּתוּאֵ֖ל אָנֹ֑כִי בֶּן־מִלְכָּ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֖ה לְנָחֽוֹר׃

And she said unto him: ‘I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore unto Nahor.’

Rashi on Genesis

בת בתואל DAUGHTER OF BETHUEL — She answered his first question first and his last last (cf. Avot 5:9).
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Or HaChaim on Genesis

בת בתואל..אשר ילדה לנחור. The daughter of Bethuel whom Milkah bore for Nachor. Rebeccah emphasised that she was not the daughter or granddaughter of a concubine, but of the ranking wife.
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Radak on Genesis

ותאמר , she answered him on his first question; seeing that Milkah and Betuel were well known she told him all this.
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