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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART VIII
"I, Abraham's servant, Eliezer, am so thankful to the Lord for leading me to the home of my master's relatives here in Nahor...They have been so kind to me.... For they have welcomed me into their home... And they have made sure all the camels were well fed... Moreover, they cooked a delicious meal for my men and me... I knew too that I would not be able to enjoy that delicious meal until I had done something else... I had to tell them who I was... Where I had come from.... And why I had come.... So I told them that I am the servant of their relative Abraham... I told them as well that he had gone to live in Canaan... And I told them that my master is very wealthy....I then told them that my master and his wife Sarah have a son named Isaac... And that my master had send me to them to find a wife for his son Isaac...Lastly, I shared with them my enounter with Rebekah... I then waited for their response.".. Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Eliezer, Abraham's servant shares with Rebekah's family who he is and why he has come....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART VIII
Abraham's servant, who has travelled from Canaan to Nahor, is well received in Rebekah's home, but he is not yet ready to eat as you you can read in Genesis 24:33-49
Then the food was set before him, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say, "Then tell us," Laban said. So he said, "I am Abraham's servant. The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, and camels and donkeys. My master's wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns. And my master made me swear an oath, and said, "You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live, but go to my father's family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son." Then I asked my master, "What if the woman will not come back with me?" He replied, "The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father's family. Then, when you go to my clan, you will be released from my oath even if they refuse to give her to you. - you will be released from my oath." When I came to the spring today, I said, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if You will please grant success to the journey on which I have come. See I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar, " and if she says to me, "Drink, and I will draw water for your camels too," let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master's son. Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water and I said to her, "Please give me a drink." She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, "Drink, and I'll water your camels too." So I drank and she watered the camels also. I asked her, "Whose daughter are you?" She said, "The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Micah bore to him." Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms and I bowed down and worshipped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son. Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn."
Eliezer, Abraham's servant, tells Rebekah's family in details who he is, who has sent him and why he has come to Nahor. All he can do now is wait for their response.
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