this article is about the Biblical matriarch. For the given name, see Rebecca (given name). For other uses, see Rebecca (disambiguation). Rebecca at the Well by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini Rebecca (also spelled Rebekah) (Hebrew: רִבְקָה, Modern Rivká Tiberian Riḇqā ISO 259-3 Ribqa, from the Hebrew ribhqeh (lit., "connection"), from Semitic root r-b-q, "to tie, couple or join"[1] or "to secure")[2] 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[citation needed], Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Leah