Bethuel's uncle Abraham sent his senior servant to Paddan Aram to find a wife for his son Isaac.

A generation later, Isaac and Rebecca sent their son Jacob back to Paddan Aram to take a wife from among Laban's daughters, Bethuel's granddaughters, rather than from among the Canaanites.

[14] The Book of Jasher, a collection of sayings of the sages from the Amoraim period, lists the children of Bethuel as Sahar, Laban, and their sister Rebecca.

[citation needed] In the Talmud, Abba Arikha in the name of Reuben ben Strobilus cited Laban's and Bethuel's response to Abraham's servant as a proof text for the proposition that God destines a woman and a man for each other in marriage in Moed.

[15] Joshua ben Nehemiah, in the name of Hanina bar Isaac, said that the decree regarding Rebecca that Laban and Bethuel acknowledged came from Mount Moriah in Genesis Rabbah 60:10.

[16] In his retelling of the story, Josephus reported that Rebekah told Abraham's servant, “my father was Bethuel, but he is dead; and Laban is my brother; and, together with my mother, takes care of all our family affairs, and is the guardian of my virginity.”[17]