Genesis Twenty-Four
In this paper, I will use modern day terms and words to describe what happen in Genesis chapter twenty-four. Isaac and Rebekah
By this time in the story, Abraham has been extremely blessed by the Lord and very old. After Sarah (Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother) died, Abraham brings one of his trusted servant to him, and has the servant swear that he will find a wife for Isaac. Not just any woman will do. She must from the land where I came from one of my own family, not from where we are living now. He did not want Isaac to take a foreign wife. Abraham wanted to keep the bloodline pure.
The servant was to go, find a woman, and bring her back to land they were living in. The servant was unsure and asked what if the woman …show more content…
She did and offered to water his camels until they were full. The servant then gives a gold nose ring and bracelets, asking whose daughter was she. She lets him know who she was.
The servant then praise God, for God has answered his prayer and brought the woman to him that would be Isaac’s wife. She was from Abraham’s family as he had requested.
Rebekah then ran home and told her family what had happened. Her brother Laban came out to talk to the servant of Abraham. Laban then invites the servant to their home. There the servant tells them the story of how he came to be there at and what he came for.
After going over everything that happen, Laban and his mother said this was God’s plan and they would not interfere. If Rebekah is to be Isaac’s wife then so be it.
So then, the servant brought all the gifts that Abraham sent along with him and gave them to Rebekah, Laban and their mother. They ate, drank, and spent the night.
Next morning the servant was ready to go. However, Laban and his mother wanted him to wait ten days before leaving. The servant did not want to wait, so they asked Rebekah if she was ready to go now. She answered yes; yes, I am ready to go
In this paper, I will use modern day terms and words to describe what happen in Genesis chapter twenty-four. Isaac and Rebekah
By this time in the story, Abraham has been extremely blessed by the Lord and very old. After Sarah (Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother) died, Abraham brings one of his trusted servant to him, and has the servant swear that he will find a wife for Isaac. Not just any woman will do. She must from the land where I came from one of my own family, not from where we are living now. He did not want Isaac to take a foreign wife. Abraham wanted to keep the bloodline pure.
The servant was to go, find a woman, and bring her back to land they were living in. The servant was unsure and asked what if the woman …show more content…
She did and offered to water his camels until they were full. The servant then gives a gold nose ring and bracelets, asking whose daughter was she. She lets him know who she was.
The servant then praise God, for God has answered his prayer and brought the woman to him that would be Isaac’s wife. She was from Abraham’s family as he had requested.
Rebekah then ran home and told her family what had happened. Her brother Laban came out to talk to the servant of Abraham. Laban then invites the servant to their home. There the servant tells them the story of how he came to be there at and what he came for.
After going over everything that happen, Laban and his mother said this was God’s plan and they would not interfere. If Rebekah is to be Isaac’s wife then so be it.
So then, the servant brought all the gifts that Abraham sent along with him and gave them to Rebekah, Laban and their mother. They ate, drank, and spent the night.
Next morning the servant was ready to go. However, Laban and his mother wanted him to wait ten days before leaving. The servant did not want to wait, so they asked Rebekah if she was ready to go now. She answered yes; yes, I am ready to go