Genesis 24:66 - Printer Friendly

ESV: And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

NIV: Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.

NASB: The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

CSB: Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.

NLT: Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.

KJV: And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

NKJV: And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

Having completed his mission, Abraham's servant made his report to Isaac of all he had done and all that had happened along the way. Given the repetition and detail in the servant's speech to Rebekah's family earlier in this chapter (Genesis 24:34–49), it is unlikely he left anything out. It is very likely that he gave full credit to the Lord for leading him to Rebekah, for the family's approval of the marriage, and for bringing Rebekah to Isaac on this very evening.

Why did the servant make his report to Isaac instead of Abraham? Some believe Abraham may well have died by this point, though the ages given in the Bible make it clear Abraham lived another 35 years after Isaac married Rebecca (Genesis 21:5; 25:20; 25:7). It's most likely that Abraham was simply in another location when the servant arrived and would receive the same report at another time.

Genesis 24:60–67 describes how, after being blessed and sent away by her family, Rebekah journeys to the land of Canaan. Arriving in the Negeb, she is met by her future husband Isaac and given the tent of his late mother Sarah. Soon, they are married, taking their place as the next generation of God's chosen people.

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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