Saturday, September 3, 2011

Genesis 24

Abraham wants Isaac to have a wife from the Canaanites, sends his servant (who's never named) to find him a wife.  The servant prays to the "God of my master Abraham," not his god.  :(  But You still listen to him--You help him find Rebekah, she helps the servant with his camels.  There, she's very kind.  The servant's invited in--more of their hospitality.  The servants repeats the whole story, practically word-for-word--remember reading once that it's because the stories originally spoken, the audience needed to be reminded of what's happened, enforce with repetition.  They actually gave Rebekah a choice--I'm surprised.  What would have happened if she'd said no, though?  And then Isaac and Rebekah marry.

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