IMITATE THEIR FAITH/REBEKAH - "YOU MUST TAKE A WIFE FOR MY SON"

 Who was that old man at the well?  He was a servant of Abraham, the brother of Rebekah's grandfather.  Thus, he was welcome in the home of Bethuel Rebekah's father.  This servant's  name was probably Eliezer.  The hosts offered him a  meal, but he refused to eat until he had disclosed the reason for his visit.  (Genesis 24:31-33) We may imagine him speaking excitedly, for he had just seen powerful evidence that his God, Jehovah was blessing him on this vital mission.  How so?

Imagine Eliezer telling his story as Rebekah's father, Laban, listened wieth rapt attention. He told them that Jehovah had blessed Abraham greatly in Canaan and that Abraham and Sarah had a son, Isaac, who was to inherit everything.  Abraham had given this servant a commission of great importance: He was to seek a wife for Isaac among Abraham's relatives in Haran. - GENESIS 24:34-38.

Abraham made Eliezer take an oath that he would not select a wife for Isaac from among  women of Canaan. Why?  Because the Canaanites neither respected nor worshipped Jehovah God.  Abraham knew that Jehovah intended in  due time to punish those people for their wicked practices. Abraham did not want his beloved son, Isaac, to be bound to those people and their immoral ways.  He also knew that his son had a vital role to play in fulfilling God's promises. -  GENESIS 15:16; 17:19: 24:2-4.

Eliezer went on to tell his hosts taht when he arrived at the well near Haran, he prayed to Jehovah God. He asked Jehovah, in effect to choose the young woan for Isaac to marry. How?  Eliezer  asked God to assure that the girl he wanted  Isaac to wed would come to the well. When aaked for a drink , she should volunteer not only to give Eliezer a drink but to  water his camels as well.  (Genesis 24:12-14)  And who had come along and done precisely that?  Rebekah!  Imagine how she might have felt if she overheard the story Eliezer told her family members! 

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