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Genesis 24
Genesis 1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6,
7, 8,
9,10,11,12,13,
14, 15,
16, 17,
18, 19,
20,
21, 22, 23,
24, 25,
26, 27,
28, 29,
30, 31,
32, 33,
34, 35,
36, 37,
38, 39,
40, 41,
42,
43, 44,
45, 46,
47, 48,
49, 50
Genesis 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord
had blessed Abraham in all things.
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God blessed Abraham in all things
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over
all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God
of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
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Canaanites have mixed with the Nephilim.
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Emph in contrast with the Canaanites.
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Hence Abraham's horror of mixing the holy seed
with that of the Nephilim.
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife
unto my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again
unto the land from whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again.
7 The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from
the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me,
saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel
before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt
be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master,
and sware to him concerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and
departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he
arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of
water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to
draw water.
12 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me
good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the
men of the city come out to draw water:
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let
down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that
thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that
thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of
Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
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Rebekah = Hebrew captivating.
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Born to Bethuel.
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Bethuel = Hebrew separated of God.
16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any
man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher,
and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink
a little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water
for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran
again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord
had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her
hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there
room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough,
and room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.
27 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath
not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the
way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out
unto the man, unto the well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,
saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,
behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest
thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave
straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the
men's feet that were with him.
33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not
eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great:
and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and
menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old:
and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take
a wife unto my son.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his
angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my
son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my
kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my
oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master
Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go;
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that
when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I
pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy
camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for
my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well,
and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and
said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she
made the camels drink also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The
daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put
the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the
Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take
my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and
if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from
the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as the Lord hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words,
he worshipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and
to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and
tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me
away unto my master.
55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a
few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered
my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this
man? And she said, I will go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's
servant, and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be
thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the
gate of those which hate them.
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This would be the seed line Christ would be born
61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels,
and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in
the south country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted
off the camel.
65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in
the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:
therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah,
and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after
his mother's death.
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Galatians 4:28 Now we, brethren, as
Isaac was, are the children of promise.
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Hebrews 11:18 Of whom it was said, That
in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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