Isaac Marries Rebekah – Genesis – The Brick Bible

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Sarah lived for 127 years.

1 of 18 Genesis 23:1

Then she died, and Abraham proceeded to mourn and weep for her.

2 of 18 Genesis 23:2

Now when Abraham was very, very old he said to the senior servant of his household, "Put your hand under my thigh so I can make you swear by Yahweh that you will not acquire a wife for my son Isaac from among the Canaanites I am living amongst."

3 of 18 Genesis 24:1–3

"You must go to the country of my relatives and acquire a wife for my son Isaac," said Abraham. "But be sure that you don’t take my son back there." And the servant put his hand under his master Abraham’s thigh and swore to him concerning this.

4 of 18 Genesis 24:4, 6, 9

So the servant took ten of his master’s camels and all sorts of valuable gifts and traveled to the town of Nahor in Aram Naharaim.

5 of 18 Genesis 24:10

It was near evening when he had the camels kneel down by the well outside the town, and he prayed, "O Yahweh, grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham."

6 of 18 Genesis 24:11–12

Before he finished speaking, there was Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was very beautiful and was a virgin—no man had had sex with her. She was the daughter of Bethuel and had a brother named Laban.

7 of 18 Genesis 24:15–16, 29

The servant brought out gold, silver jewelry, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. And he said, "Whose daughter are you? Is there room in your father’s house to spend the night?"

8 of 18 Genesis 24:53, 23

The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things. Abraham’s servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. He gave expensive gifts to her brother and her mother, and said, "My master Abraham made me swear to acquire a wife for his son from the family of his father."

9 of 18 Genesis 24:53, 37

Laban and Bethuel replied, "This is Yahweh’s decision. We can have no say in the matter." And they said to Rebekah, "Will you go with this man?" And she replied, "I will go."

10 of 18 Genesis 24:49, 58

And they sent Rebekah away along with her nanny, and they blessed her, saying "May you become mother to millions, and may your offspring capture the city gates of their enemies!"

11 of 18 Genesis 24:59–60

Now Isaac was living in the Negev, and as the camels approached, Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac and she asked the servant, "Who is that man walking to meet us?" And the servant said, "That is my master."

12 of 18 Genesis 24:61–65

Rebekah took her veil and covered herself. The servant told Isaac all that had happened, and Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent.

13 of 18 Genesis 24:65–67

Rebekah became his wife, and he loved her. And so Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. He was 40 years old when he married Rebekah.

14 of 18 Genesis 24:67, 25:20

Abraham took another wife whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimram, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

15 of 18 Genesis 25:1–3

Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. While he was alive, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines who belonged to him, but he sent them away to the east, away from his son Isaac.

16 of 18 Genesis 25:5–6

Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

17 of 18 Genesis 25:7

Then he breathed his last, and died an old man—old and full of years.

18 of 18 Genesis 25:8

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