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According to most interpretations, the unnamed "senior servant of (Abraham's) household, who had charge of all that he owned," in Genesis 24:2, who obtained Rebecca as a bride for Isaac, was the same Eliezer. This name is first found in the Bible in Genesis 15:2 when Abraham asks God about his promises of a son while being childless, naming ...
genesis 24 Abraham sends his servant to his homeland to find a wife for Isaac. When the servant arrives in Nahor, he prays to God to determine who would be a good wife.
The midrash noted that all the righteous who left their homes went to wells. In addition to Abraham's servant in Genesis 24:11, Genesis 29:2 says of Jacob, "And behold a well in the field," and Exodus 2:15 reports of Moses, "He sat down by a well." [96] The servant prayed that the Lord would help him.
The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth [a] of both Judaism and Christianity, [1] told in the book of Genesis chapters 1 and 2. While the Jewish and Christian tradition is that the account is one comprehensive story, [2] [3] modern scholars of biblical criticism identify the account as a composite work [4] made up of two different stories drawn from different sources.
The Book of Genesis in a c. 1300 Hebrew Bible The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa a), one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah. The Bible is not a single book; it is a collection of books whose complex development is not completely understood.
Genesis 12:2–3 "And I will bless you, and make your name great; and you will be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless you." Numbers 6:24 "The Lord bless you, and keep you." Genesis 12:2 "And I will make of you a great nation." Deuteronomy 4:8 "And what great nation is there ... ?" Ezekiel 33:24 "Abraham was [a unique] one." 1 ...
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— Genesis 24:14. To his surprise, a young girl immediately came out and offered to draw water for him to drink, as well as water to fill the troughs for all his camels. Rebecca continued to draw water until all the camels were sated, proving her kind and generous nature and her suitability for entering Abraham's household.