I feel Rebecca is a woman of action.

She's extremely proactive.

Look at some of the verbs that are used to describe her in these sections of Genesis.

She is as strong as an ox.

Listen to this.

She says, I will give you drink and I will feed your camels.

This is 10 to 30 gallons of water per camel.

She is probably getting water from a well

for hundreds of gallons of water.

This is just an amazing feat.

I have worked for you for seven years,

and you have completely deceived me.

And poor Leah as this pawn. I mean, how does she feel? My heart just goes out to her.

And these strained family relations become magnified as time grows on because...

Shalom! Welcome back to Scripture Central. I'm Lynn Hilton Wilson, and I'm excited to talk about the handmaidens and harems and heroines

all over the Old Testament as they are seeking for their Messiah.

And today, and come follow me, we're looking at Genesis chapter 24 to 33, and we have a lot of women. In fact, I am really excited about this.

We have 10 named women, 10 unnamed groups of women. We get to talk about Rebecca and her mother

and her maids, Ketura, Esau's three wives, Jacob's four wives. We get to talk about the difference between a concubine and a wife and lots of great details about the women that really make this one of the most rich and beautiful sections of the Old Testament, especially from the women's perspective. Let's start out. We're about 1850 BC. Noah is 3,000 BC. Abrams about 2,000 BC.

We're now down to the next generation, and Rebecca is 20 years younger than Isaac,

and Isaac is getting married at age 40 when he meets Rebecca. And in Genesis 24, this is the longest

chapter in the book of Genesis. The main character is Rebecca. You know, we're in Mesopotamia.

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