There are lots of strangeness in these verses. Chapter 25 is so long partly because a major piece of it is a total repeat of itself. As you read through, you will have questions, so please write them down and bring them Thursday. You can post them to this blog as a comment, and I'll try to answer them before Thursday. Consider these questions as you read through the passages:
- What's the name of the "elder servant"? (bonus points if you figure this one out)
- What's with the hand under the thigh?
- The servant is looking for options, what options, and why is he so careful to look for them?
- What is Abraham most adamant about? Why that more than a wife from his kin?
- In Chapter 11 and 12, what city did Abraham's family settle? Where is this one?
- What is the servant's tactic to fulfill his quest? What does he rely on?
- After the young woman fulfills his conditions, what does the servant give her? Look at the word used for 'ring'. What might it have been? (hold that thought)
- Who is Bethuel again? (look back at chapter 22)
- What do you think Rebekah is thinking by the time the servant spontaneously worships Yahweh right there while talking to her?
- Where does Rebekah run to?
- What does her brother do? Why does he do it?
- Why is the servant still at the spring?
- Besides the camels, who else is taken care of ?
- After the camels are taken care of but before he eats, what must the servant do?
- From verse 33 to 48 the servant recounts is tremendous detail what happened at the spring. What does he do with the ring in verse 47?
- Who is he talking to in verse 33?
- Who is present in 50?
- What is the servant's concern now that he has found Rebekah?
- How do Bethuel and Laban respond?
- What does the servant do once he has been given Rebekah?
- The next day, what is the delay in heading back?
- What is Rebekah's family concerned about?
- What does it say about Rebekah that she agrees to go? How hard was it to convince her?
- What do you think of the blessing of her family?
- So, how does Yahweh factor into this story?
- What understanding do you have now about why he wanted a wife for Isaac from his family?
- What is Beer-lahai-roi named for and who by?
- Look up the word "meditate". What are the other possibilities? Why is it so hard to know for sure what it meant?
- What does Rebekah do when she sees Isaac for the first time?
- Why wasn't the veil up the whole time? Why now?
- How elaborate is the "marriage"?
- What is the main effect on Isaac? What does that say about him?
- After Sarah, what does Abraham do ?
- How many kids does he have now? Why is that really odd?
- What does he do with all these kids?
- What does he do for Isaac?
- How old is he when he dies?
- Where is he buried?
Blessings!
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