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REBEKAH'S STORY

Rebekah's act of kindness in drawing water for Abraham's servant was an

answer to prayers.

The biblical story about Rebekah begins with the request by Abraham to

his oldest servant: “You shall go to my country and to my family, and take

a wife for my son Isaac” (Genesis 24:4).

The servant, though, had a very logical concern: “Perhaps the woman will

not be willing to follow me to this land” (verse 5). Abraham reassured him

that God would send His angel before him, making it possible for Isaac to

marry a wife from there (verse 7).

The encounter

When Abraham’s servant arrived at a well just outside the city of

Abraham’s brother in Mesopotamia, he prayed to God. “Please give me

success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. Behold, here

I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are

coming out to draw water. Now let it be that the young woman to whom

I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink,

and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have

appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have

shown kindness to my master” (Genesis 24:12-14).

Before the servant of Abraham had finished speaking, Rebekah, the

daughter of Isaac’s first cousin, had arrived at the well. When Abraham’s

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