Isaac

Genesis 21:8-23:20; Genesis 11:32; Genesis 24:1-67 (The Message)

We cover a whole lot of ground tonight. I am not going to get so much into God’s testing of Abraham by sacrificing his son Isaac. There is all kinds of commentary on that, you can do your own search on that subject.

The part that I found interesting tonight was this, Sarah is the first woman that it mentions how old she lived to be. So far, we have only been following the men lines for age. Sarah is the first woman that the bible mentions her age when she died. It also goes into very specific detail about her burial.

As a woman this warmed my heart. I felt a connection to Sarah that I hadn’t felt before reading this passage. I like to think that she walked closely with God and was his Servant right along with Abraham.

Next we have a story of how Rebekah comes to meet Isaac and marry him. The servant goes to Abrahams family and waits for the first girl to offer to water him and his camels, that is how he knows who he should take back with him.

Rebekah, the first to the well meets that criteria. They are sure this is of God and Rebekah goes back with the servant and marries Isaac. The last line of today’s passage lifted my heart:

So Isaac found comfort after his mother’s death.

How sweet.

Once again I have very few questions about today’s passage. Do you have any that you would like to share?