rebecca

     

Rebecca (also Rebekah or Rivkah, Hebrew: רִבְקָה, Stanard Rivqa Tiberian Riḇqāh, "to tie; to bind; captivating") is the wife of Isaac and the second matriarch of the four matriarchs of the Jewish people. She is the mother of Jacob and Esau. Rebecca and Isaac are one of the three "pairs" buried in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, together with Abraham and Sarah and Jacob and Leah.

Trivia about rebecca

  • In a du Maurier book, the newly-wed second Mrs. de Winter learns that her husband murdered this first wife
  • It's the only Hitchcock movie ever to win an Oscar for Best Picture
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  • Alfred Hitchcock's first American film was this 1940 classic based on a Daphne du Maurier novel
  • Abraham's servant found her at a well & picked her to be Isaac's bride
  • "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"
  • Mrs. Danvers is Maxim de Winter's sinister housekeeper at Manderley in this novel by Daphne du Maurier
  • 1938 Daphne Du Maurier novel in which you find the second Mrs. De Winter of our discontent
  • Laurence Olivier starred as Maxim de Winter in this film, but no one played the title role
  • "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"
  • Manderley, which the second Mrs. de Winter dreamt she went to again
  • In a 1940 film, this deceased title character haunts Joan Fontaine
  • Fearing the Philistines, Isaac tried to pass off this woman, his wife, as his sister
  • "You thought you could be Mrs. De Winter, live in her house, walk in her steps, take the things that were hers"
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):The first American film Alfred Hitchcock directed was this 1940 classic, seen here: "You thought you could be Mrs DeWinter, live in her house, walk in her steps, take the things that were hers, but she's too strong for you, you can't fight her..."
  • By offering water to Abraham's servant, she identified herself as the bride appointed by God for Isaac
  • Maxim de Winter meets his future 2nd wife at the Hotel Cote d'Azur in Monte Carlo in this Daphne du Maurier novel
  • This Hitchcock classic was the first Best Picture Oscar winner with a first name as its one-word title
  • She was the first Mrs. De Winter

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