The Girl Was Very Fair
To Look Upon
And he said, “O LORD, God of my master
Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master
Abraham. I am standing here by the spring of water, and the daughters of the
townspeople are coming out to draw water. Let the girl to whom I shall say,
‘Please offer your jar that I may drink,’ and who shall say, ‘Drink, and I will
water your camels’ – let her be the one whom you have appointed for your
servant Isaac. By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my
master.”
Before he had finished speaking, there
was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel
son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
Abraham’s brother, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder. The girl was
very fair to look upon, a virgin, whom no man had known. She went down to the
spring, filling her jar, and came up. Then the servant
ran to meet her and said, “Please let me sip a little water from your jar.”
Drink, my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered her jar upon her hand and gave
him a drink. When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw
for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” So she quickly
emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw, and she drew
for all his camels. The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether or not the
LORD had made his journey successful.
Rebekah was very
beautiful, and had known no man. But Eliezer’s prayer
gives us a better clue as to what kind of beauty he sought for his master’s
son. Common courtesy could have prompted Rebekah to
give water to a stranger, but an offer to water the camels was more than just
courtesy, Ten thirsty camels could drink over 200
gallons of water. Rebehah had a servant’s heart. She
was beautiful on the outside and on the inside. Can the same be said of you?
Nothing can
dim the beauty that shines from within.
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