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22 — Looking for a bride-to-be to have Isaac (Genesis twenty four–25)
Abraham’s efforts to acquire a wife getting Isaac illustrates a truth: We are to help you obey God and you may work sensibly, however, The guy achieves Their motives in the ways. This is not just a reward to have faithfulness also an excellent comfort in order to us when Their tasks are maybe not quickly viewed.
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I enjoy watch the new suspense that produces during an enthusiastic Olympic relay race. When the a team is always to winnings the battle, per runner must carry this new rod right after which effortlessly solution it collectively to another athlete.
Better here in Genesis part 24, we witness the fresh passage through of the fresh new rod, and it is will be a clean handoff out-of God’s covenant pledges of Abraham so you’re able to their man Isaac.
Don’t misunderstand; the sole hope for a flush handoff fundamentally rests in the providence from God. Providence relates to God’s performs regarding swinging everything you toward set very one Their guarantees try fulfilled at just just the right date, properly, for the ideal need, between the correct somebody. You could write in your own Bibles above Genesis chapters twenty four and you may twenty-five, “The brand new Providence out-of God.”
Genesis 24 reveals of the advising you you to Abraham is actually “well advanced in many years.” He’s merely tucked their wife, Sarah, and his 40-year-dated child Isaac was an individual boy.
If God’s claims will probably bequeath so you can Isaac and their children, Isaac of course need a spouse. Very, Abraham requires their master regarding staff, so to speak, their family officer, Eliezer (Genesis fifteen:2), to be on a goal to obtain a partner to possess Isaac off their stretched loved ones and you can not away from one of the unbelieving Canaanites.
Eliezer requires Abraham what he’s to complete in case the woman the guy discovers won’t go back that have him. Abraham responses within verse eight:
“This new Jesus regarding heaven … will send his angel before you can, therefore should simply take a spouse to possess my personal boy following that.
Thus, Eliezer simply leaves the brand new promised land and you will travel back to the location of Abraham’s nearest and dearest. And here we come across the fresh new providence off God at the office.
“O Lord … I am status by the springtime away from h2o, and also the girl of males of one’s city are coming off to draw-water. Let the young woman in order to who I will say, ‘Excite let down your container which i could possibly get drink,’ and you will who shall say, ‘Take in, and i have a tendency to liquids their camels’-let her function as one the person you provides designated for your slave Isaac.”(passages a dozen-14)
And what goes on? “Just before he previously complete talking, behold, Rebekah . . . showed up” (verse 15). Not want to any prayers was indeed answered that rapidly? Rebekah do what Eliezer only prayed the woman out of God’s choices should do since the indicative out of Goodness.
As soon as Rebekah ends watering brand new camels, he gets this lady certain merchandise and then asks their from the the lady relatives. As well as in verse 24 Rebekah tells Eliezer that she isn’t just a person in Abraham’s group; she is this new d’s nephew, Bethuel.
“Privileged become Lord , the latest Goodness out of my personal master Abraham … the lord has added me in the way toward household of my master’s kinsmen.”
See the providence regarding God right here. He could be added Eliezer on the right set, at the correct time, and ideal individual.
Better, Rebekah operates house and brings back the girl sis Laban, whom invites Eliezer household for supper. But he won’t consume you to chew up until the guy informs her or him regarding their objective.
From verse 34 through verse forty two, the guy retells all the details which have provided your with the part out of conference Rebekah. And by the way in which, because Eliezer delivers his account, the guy emphasizes on several places that this was the brand new providential really works from God