A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES: AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION P/9

 

                                 

A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                 AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION

                                     PART IX  

“After I, Abraham’s servant Eliezer, had shared with Rebekah’s family here in Nahor, who I am and why I have come here, I waited…I looked at their faces to see how they felt about what I had shared with them…I could see they were carefully considering  everything I had said…Rebekah's father, Bethuel, and her brother, Laban, then spoke up... I was very grateful for their response... For they understood that it was the Lord Himself Who had led me to come to Nahor... And that He had chosen for Rebekah to become the wife of my master's son Isaac... All I could do was bow down before the Lord... It was then time to give all the gifts my master Abraham had given me for Rebekah and her brother and mother.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn how Rebekah's brother and father respond to Abraham's servant Eliezer...

            ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES   

                                                    AN ALL IMPORTANT DECISION

                                                                         PART IX    

After, Abraham’s servant Eliezer, who has come to Nahor all the way from Canaan, has spoken, he looks at Rebekah’s relatives to see how they feel about the things he has shared with them as you can read in Genesis 24:50-53

Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is from the Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or another. Here is Rebekah; take her and go. and let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has directed." When Abraham's servant heard that they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord. Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewellery and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and her mother.

Abraham's servant gives a very detailed account of what has happened for her knows it is extremely important that these people in front of him know exactly how God has led him to Rebekah. After he has shared his story, they are completely convinced that only God can have organised these events. Consequently, they give their blessings to Rebekah becoming the wife of Abraham's son. In response, Abraham's servant thanks the Lord. Then it is time to present gifts to Rebekah and her family.