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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART TWO
"I, Abraham, am so grateful to God for my son Isaac... He truly is God's gift to my wife Sarah and me... Especially, because he was born to us when I was already when one hundred years old and Sarah was ninety years old... Isaac has now grown up... It is time for him to get married.... I am too old to find a wife for him....I have, therefore, asked my trusted servant Eliezer to find a wife for my son.... I know that he can be trusted to choose a suitable wife for my son...However, haveI told him that he should not choose a wife for my son from among the people we are living...I have told him to go to the country I am from originally... And find a wife for my son from among my relatives... I believe that the Lord will send an angel ahead of my servant to help him find the right wife for my son Isaac."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Abraham asks his trusted servant Eliezer to find a wife for his son Isaac...
A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION PART TWO
Isaac, Abraham's and Sarah's son, grows up and one day Abraham instructs his servant Eliezer to find a wife for his son. His structions are very specific about who he should choose for the wife of his son Isaac as you can read in Genesis 24:1-9
Abraham was not old and advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh. I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaace." The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?" "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said, "The Lord, the God of heaven who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying,"To your offspring I will give this land" - He will send His angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there. If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there." So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
Having made a promise to his master Abraham, the servant Eliezer begins to prepare for his trip to the country where his master has originally come from. He plans to leave as soon as all the preparations have been made.
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