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Genesis 24 Summary
A Bride Sought for Isaac
Abraham, old and blessed by God, binds his chief servant under oath to travel to Abraham's homeland in Mesopotamia and find a wife for Isaac from among Abraham's own kindred, forbidding any Canaanite bride and forbidding Isaac to return there. The servant journeys to the city of Nahor, prays at a well for a confirming sign, and before he finishes praying Rebekah — granddaughter of Abraham's brother Nahor — appears and fulfills the sign exactly by offering water to both the servant and his camels. The servant recounts the entire mission to Rebekah's family, Laban and Bethuel acknowledge that the matter proceeds from the LORD and release Rebekah to go, and Rebekah herself consents willingly. The servant brings her back to Canaan, where Isaac meets her in the field at evening, takes her as his wife, and is comforted after the death of his mother Sarah.
Key themes
Key verses
Genesis 24:7
“The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.”
Genesis 24:14
“And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.”
Genesis 24:27
“And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.”
Genesis 24:67
“And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.”
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