JULY 22, 2020 Genesis 24:66-67 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So, Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. Returning from the field where he had been praying and meditating, Isaac […]
JULY 21, 2020 Genesis 24:61 Then Rebekah and her maids arose, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. So, the servant took Rebekah and departed. So much of the story of Isaac and Rebekah has prophetic overtones including the fact that she traveled with her maids on the camels that Eliezer had […]
JULY 20, 2020 Genesis 24:50-51 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you either bad or good. Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the Lord has spoken.” Abraham had sent his servant to find a suitable wife for his son Isaac soon after […]
JULY 19, 2020 Genesis 24:29-30 Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man by the well. So, it came to pass, when he saw the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the words of his sister Rebekah, saying, “Thus the […]
JULY 18, 2020 Genesis 24:19-21 And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. And the man, wondering at her, remained silent to […]
JULY 17, 2020 Genesis 24:14 “Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’, let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this, I […]
JULY 16, 2020 Genesis 24:10 Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, for all his master’s goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. Even though he is not mentioned by name, Eliezer of Genesis 15:2 is understood to be the one that Abraham sends to […]
JULY 15, 2020 Genesis 24:5-7 And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?” But Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there. The Lord God of heaven, who took […]
JULY 14, 2020 Genesis 24:1-4 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please, put your hand under my thigh, and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, […]
JULY 13, 2020 Genesis 23:8-9 And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which is at the end of his field. Let him […]
JULY 12, 2020 Genesis 23:3-6 Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, “I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, “Hear us, […]
JULY 11, 2020 Genesis 23:1-2 Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. So, Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Traditionally, Sarah’s death occurred shortly after, some say because of the binding of Isaac […]
