Genesis 24:28 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

NIV: The young woman ran and told her mother's household about these things.

NASB: Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

CSB: The girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.

NLT: The young woman ran home to tell her family everything that had happened.

KJV: And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

NKJV: So the young woman ran and told her mother’s household these things.

This is turning out to be a momentous day for Rebekah. A servant sent by Abraham from the land of Canaan, has arrived at a well in her home city (Genesis 24:10–11). Unknown to Rebekah, this man is looking for a wife for Abraham's son, Isaac (Genesis 24:3–4). He was praying that God would send the right woman, just as Rebekah came into view (Genesis 24:12–15). Seeing that she fulfilled a specific sign the man had asked for (Genesis 24:18–19), he approached her with gifts and asked if her family could take his traveling group in for the night (Genesis 24:22–25).

After telling this traveling stranger that her household was large enough to accommodate both him and his animals—and then learning from his prayer of gratitude that his master was closely related to her family—she ran home to tell her mother's household all of this news.

The next question for Abraham's servant will be how Rebekah's family will react to a proposal of marriage to his master's son in faraway Canaan.

Genesis 24:28–59 describes how Abraham's servant, confident he has found God's intended woman for Abraham's son, approaches Rebekah's family to ask for her hand in marriage to Isaac. After being welcomed into their household, the servant tells, in great detail, the story of how God has lead him to Rebekah and their home. Rebekah's father and brother quickly agree that they must allow this marriage to happen. After a bit of negotiation the next morning about when Rebekah will travel to Canaan, Rebekah agrees to leave that very day.

Abraham asks his most trusted servant to travel to his former homeland to find a wife for his son Isaac. Swearing to do so, the servant arrives at the city of Nahor and asks the Lord to show him which young women is appointed for Isaac. Finding Rebekah, the very granddaughter of Abraham's brother Nahor, the servant reveals the reason for his journey to her family. Her father Bethuel and brother Laban agree to allow Rebekah to travel to Canaan and marry Isaac, which she does.

Genesis 24 takes place a few years after Sarah has died. Abraham becomes urgent to find Isaac a wife, not among the women of Canaan, but from his own people back in Mesopotamia. His trusted servant, sent to accomplish this mission with the help of the Lord, eventually returns with Rebekah, the granddaughter of Abraham's own brother. Isaac is married to her at the age of 40. Abraham's death is recorded in the following chapter.

The book of Genesis establishes fundamental truths about God. Among these are His role as the Creator, His holiness, His hatred of sin, His love for mankind, and His willingness to provide for our redemption. We learn not only where mankind has come from, but why the world is in its present form. The book also presents the establishment of Israel, God's chosen people. Many of the principles given in other parts of Scripture depend on the basic ideas presented here in the book of Genesis. Within the framework of the Bible, Genesis explains the bare-bones history of the universe leading up to the captivity of Israel in Egypt, setting the stage for the book of Exodus.

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