Genesis 24:37-39
37My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; 38but you shall go to my father’s house, to my kindred, and get a wife for my son.’ 39I said to my master, ‘Perhaps the woman will not follow me.’
The man speaking is the servant of Abraham and he is explaining why he has come to be among these people -- to retrieve a wife for Isaac. There are a couple of pieces about this story that interest me. First, the assertion that perhaps the woman would not go with him. Later, the question of actually going is posed to Rebekah and she is given the option between leaving at the moment or waiting a few days as her family proposes. She indicates she will go, but I marvel that she was presented with a choice.
Too often we paint with broad brushstrokes the stories that we know so well without reading them closely, or discovering new insights. What stories do you need to re-read with new eyes this week? What stories do you think you know so well that you don't bother reading them again?
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
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