*Genesis 24:28-67
Abraham’s servant arrives in Mesopotamia, finds Rebekah by a well, and she agrees to return with him to become Isaac’s wife.
- Rebekah’s Homecoming:
- Rebekah rushes home to tell her family about the stranger and his proposal.
- Laban, Rebekah’s brother, greets the servant and invites him to their home.
- Servant’s Testimony:
- The servant recounts his encounter with Abraham, his mission to find a wife for Isaac, and how God guided him to Rebekah.
- Laban’s Consent:
- Laban and Bethuel, Rebekah’s father, recognize the hand of God in the servant’s tale and agree to Rebekah’s marriage to Isaac.
- Betrothal and Departure:
- The family gives their blessing, and Rebekah agrees to leave with the servant immediately.
- They bestow blessings upon Rebekah, invoking her as the mother of thousands and possessing the gates of her enemies.
- Rebekah’s Journey:
- Rebekah and her maids travel with the servant and his caravan to meet Isaac.
- Upon sighting Isaac in the distance, Rebekah covers herself with a veil.
- Isaac and Rebekah’s Union:
- Isaac, meditating in the field, sees the caravan approaching and goes out to meet them.
- Rebekah learns Isaac’s identity from the servant and veils herself.
- Isaac takes Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent, and she becomes his wife.
- Conclusion:
- Isaac finds solace in Rebekah after the loss of his mother, Sarah, and their union is marked by God’s blessing and providence.
- The narrative underscores the importance of faith, obedience, and trust in God’s guidance in matters of marriage and family.
Genesis 24:28-67 teaches us about God’s guidance, willingness, and trust. Rebekah chose to follow God’s plan, even though it meant leaving her home for an unknown future. This reminds us that when God leads us in a new direction, we should trust Him and move forward with faith. It also shows the importance of a willing heart—just as Rebekah was ready to go, we should be open to God’s plans for our lives. This passage encourages us to trust His timing, follow where He leads, and embrace the opportunities He provides with confidence.
Genesis 24:28-67 (WEB)
24:28 The young lady ran, and told her mother’s house about these words. 29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring. 30 When he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “This is what the man said to me,” he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. 31 He said, “Come in, you blessed of the LORD. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.”32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. 33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told my message.”Laban said, “Speak on.”34 He said, “I am Abraham’s servant. 35 The LORD has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. The LORD has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys. 36 Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him. 37 My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live, 38 but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’ 39 I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not follow me?’ 40 He said to me, ‘The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son from my relatives, and of my father’s house. 41 Then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.’ 42 I came today to the spring, and said, ‘The LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go— 43 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,” 44 then she tells me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.’ 45 Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’ 46 She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink. 47 I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands. 48 I bowed my head, and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son. 49 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.”50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from the LORD. We can’t speak to you bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the LORD has spoken.”52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to the LORD. 53 The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother. 54 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”55 Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”56 He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”57 They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.” 58 They called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?”She said, “I will go.”59 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men. 60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”61 Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South. 63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes and looked. Behold, there were camels coming. 64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she got off the camel. 65 She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?”The servant said, “It is my master.”She took her veil, and covered herself. 66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.