Rebecca (also Rebekah, also Rivkah,, "to tie; to bind; captivating") was the wife of Isaac and the second matriarch of the four matriarchs of the Jewish people. She was the mother of Jacob and Esau. Rebecca and Isaac were one of the three "pairs" buried in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, together with Abraham and Sarah and Jacob and Leah. Early life According to the account in the Book of Genesis, Rebecca was the daughter of Bethuel and the granddaughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother. She was th… (More on Rebekah)