Read Part One HERE
A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISON
PART X
"I, Abraham's servant, Eliezer, feel so refreshed this morning.... And now wonder, for I have had such a good sleep at the home of Rebakah's family here in Nahor....It has been the best sleep I have had such I left Canaan some weeks ago...You may well think that I might like to stay here for a few more days to enjoy the hospitality of my master's relatives.... It is tempting I have to say... Especially, because everyone has been so kind and welcoming to me...However, I know I need to return to my master... For he will have been eagerly waiting for my return since the day I left him....I will, therefore, not postpone my return to Canaan... But I will leave this very day... For I am very excited to be able to tell my master how the Lord has led me all the way to the home of his relatives to find a bride for his son Isaac... That news will, no doubt, set his heart at ease."..... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Abraham's servant Eliezer's decision to return to Canaan the next morning...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART X
We would have expected Abraham's servant, Eliezer, to take a few days off before travelling back home to Canaan. But the text tells us that the next day he is ready to go back home for he has finished his task and is eager to tell his master Abraham what has happened to him as you can read in Genesis 24:54
Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, "Send me on my way to my master."
Even the wonderful hospitality enjoyed by him the evening before by Rebekah's family, when he was given such a delicious meal, does not prevent Abraham's servant from wanting to return to his master Abraham in Canaan.
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