Rebecca (also spelled
Rebekah) (
ISO 259-3 Ribqa,(
AssyrianːܪܲܦܩܵܐːRapqa) from the
Hebrew ribhqeh (lit., "connection"), from Semitic root r-b-q, "to tie, couple or join", "to secure", or "to snare") appears in the
Hebrew Bible as the wife of
Isaac and the mother of
Jacob and
Esau. Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples believed to be buried in the
Cave of the Patriarchs, the other three being
Adam and
Eve,
Abraham and
Sarah, and
Jacob and
Leah.