AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART III
“I am Abraham’s servant, Eliezer…. I have been with Abraham and his wife Sarah for many, many years…. He trusts me completely… A while ago he called me into his tent…. He spoke to me about his son Isaac… it is time for his son to be married…However, Abraham does not want his son to marry a local young woman… I can understand his concerns…. That is why he has asked me to travel to the country he is from originally…. To find a wife for his son from among his relatives…. I left for Aram Naharaim very soon after our conversation… Of course, I did not just go by myself…. I took with me ten of my master’s camels… And all kinds of good things…. For my master is very wealthy… I have now arrived in the town of Nahor…. I am at the well just outside the town… it is towards evening…. The time that the young women come to the well to draw water.”…. Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, has arrived in Nahor, the town Abraham is from originally.
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORY
AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION
PART III
And so the servant, being faithful to his master Abraham, sets off on his trip to find a wife for Abraham’s son Isaac as you can read in Genesis 24:10-11
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor. He made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was towards evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
After a long journey, Abraham finds himself in Nahor where he has strategically placed himself at the well just outside the town. And he has brought with him all kinds of gifts to help make his offer of marriage acceptable to the young woman of his choice and her family.
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