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Imitate Their Faith—Rebekah

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Long ago,
Abraham sent his servant Eliezer
to find a wife for his son Isaac.
He knew God’s purpose
required a woman of deep faith.
But who would be willing
to leave their home
and travel into the unknown?
Rebekah!
Rebekah!
Mother, I’m back.
Hello, my dear.
Hi, Mother.
Rebekah!
Your cousin has been looking for you.
Ana, I’m over here!
Rebekah, can you bring this to Father?
Yeah. Is he still working?
Still working.
Rebekah, I’ve been looking for you.
Can I come with you?
Sure.
Hello, Father.
Laban said you needed this.
Ah, thank you.
Can I help with anything?
You can come with me to the well.
OK.
Ana, not today.
We need your help making dinner.
OK.
Good day.
Hello, Rebekah.
Nice to see you. Have a good day.
Please,
give me a little sip of water from your jar.
Drink, my lord.
I will also draw water for your camels
until they are done drinking.
You’ve had a long trip.
Excuse me, my lord.
Please tell me,
whose daughter are you?
Is there any room at your father’s house
for us to spend the night?
I will not eat
until I have told you what I have to say.
Please speak!
I am Abraham’s servant.
And Jehovah has blessed my master very much.
Sarah the wife of my master
bore a son to my master after she grew old.
So my master made me swear, saying:
“You will go to the house of my father
“and to my family,
“and you must take a wife
for my son.”
But I said to my master:
“What if the woman is unwilling to come?”
He said to me:
“Jehovah will send his angel with you
and will certainly give success to your journey.”
When I got to the spring today,
I said: “Jehovah the God of my master Abraham,
“if you will make my journey successful,
“here I am standing at a spring.
“When a young woman comes out to draw water,
“I will say: ‘Please,
“let me drink a little water from your jar.’
“And she will say to me: ‘You take a drink,
“and I will also draw water for your camels.’
“Let that woman be the one
“whom Jehovah has chosen
for the son of my master.”
Before I was finished speaking in my heart,
there was Rebekah
coming out with her jar on her shoulder.
After that I asked her,
“Whose daughter are you?”
to which she replied,
“The daughter of Bethuel.”
So I put the ring on her nose
and the bracelets on her hands.
And now tell me
if you wish to show loyal love
and faithfulness to my master;
but if not, tell me,
that I may proceed one way or the other.
This is from Jehovah.
Let her become a wife
to the son of your master,
just as Jehovah has spoken.
The Negeb is far.
When will you come back?
Why can’t you just stay here?
You heard what my father said:
“This is from Jehovah.”
You can serve Jehovah here!
That is true.
But you know
Jehovah will bless you
in ways you can’t even imagine.
We still have time together.
Let’s make the most of it.
Jehovah, why me?
Gather all the men and prepare the camels.
We must leave soon.
Right away.
Why are you packing?
Please send me off to my master.
Let the young woman stay with us
for ten more days.
At least ten more days.
Then she can go.
Do not detain me,
seeing that Jehovah has made
my journey successful.
Send me off,
in order that I may go to my master.
Let us call the young woman
and inquire of her.
Rebekah,
Eliezer wants to leave right now!
Excuse me.
Will you go with this man?
I am willing to go.
I love you.
Rebekah!
Our sister,
may you become thousands times ten thousand,
and let your offspring
take possession of the gate
of those who hate them.
Praise Jehovah!
Praise Jehovah!
I’ll miss you!
I love you.
Rebekah did not know what lay before her,
and there is no record
that she saw her family again.
She showed faith when she left the comfort of home.
Jehovah blessed her
as an ancestress of the Messiah.
Her faith is worthy of our imitation.