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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART VI
"I, Eliezer, Abraham's servant, kept watching this young woman as she watered the ten camels I had brought with me from Canaan.... I was so pleased to see her not give up taking care of them until they all had had enough water to drink...I decided that the moment had come to give her some of the gifts my master had given me for the young woman who, God willing, may become the wife of my master's son Isaac...As I presented her with these gifts I asked her who she was.... I was so delighted to hear that she is part of my master's family...Only God could have arranged that... And he had done so in answer to my prayer to him....She told me as well that she will arrange for me to stay at their home that night... Rebekah, for that is the name of the young woman, has now gone home to tell her family about me....I went back on my knees to thank the Lord for His goodness."... Please read the typed out attachment when Abraham's servant learns that the young woman who has kindly watered his camels is part of Abraham's family....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART VII
It seems God may have answered Abraham's servant's prayer, which he prayed while at the well just outside the town of Nahor. However, he still needs to know who the young woman is who has been so kind to him so let's read Genesis 24:22-27
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels. Then he asked, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?" She answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor." And she added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night." Then the man bowed down and worshipped the Lord, saying, "Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned His kindness and faithfullness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives."
God has answered Abraham's servant's prayer to the smallest details. The first thing he does is to thank God by bowing down and worshipping the Lord. He knows this would not have happened without the Lord's help. Only the Lord can have made this encounter with the young woman Rebekah possible.
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