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- God wanted Abraham’s descendants to love him just as much as Abraham did. But Abraham’s son, Isaac, was not even married yet. Abraham knew it was time to find a wife for Isaac. But not just any woman would do. Abraham wanted Isaac to marry a woman who believed in God. Then Isaac and his wife could have children and teach them to love God, too.
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Jan 2, 2015 · Isaac could not marry any of the mortals in the land, so Abraham sent a servant to his former city of Haran to find a wife for Isaac. The servant found a young maiden at the nearby town of Nahor. Nahor, the name of the Abraham's brother, means 'Light' or 'Lamp', suggestive of the moon.
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Dec 30, 2020 · Why did it matter so much to Abraham that he made his servant swear an oath not to take Isaac back to Abraham's homeland? Abraham talks about God's promise to Abraham to give him the land, but it's not like Isaac going on a short trip elsewhere would invalidate God's promise.
Apr 26, 2022 · Abraham marries his half-sister Sarah; Isaac marries his cousin Rebekah; Jacob marries his cousins Leah and Rachel; Esau causes grief to his parents when he marries two Hittite women and then tries to rectify the situation by marrying his relative, a daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael.
Jan 24, 2024 · If this proves true, why did Abraham and Isaac instruct the heirs of the covenant never to marry from the Canaanites (pagans) but should marry from their families (pagans) in Padan-Aram?
Jan 24, 2024 · Abraham and Isaac were not pagans, the families they instructed the heirs of the covenant to marry from are still pagans. Examples are Laban. The question is, why did they instructed their sons to marry from their pagan families and not the pagan Canaanites?
Take a wife for my son Isaac: Abraham was clear that he did not want Isaac to have a Canaanite wife, and that the wife should be found among Abraham’s ancestors in Ur of the Chaldees (go to my country and to my family).
I praised the Lord, the God of my master, Abraham, because he had led me straight to my master’s niece to be his son’s wife. 49 So tell me—will you or won’t you show unfailing love and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no, and then I’ll know what to do next.”
