A Journey Through The Old Testament - Elmer Towns

een meditating about his flocks, but if he had been summoned to his father’s camp to prepare
for marriage, then it is more likely he was meditating over his approaching marriage or praying
for the servant as he sought the bride or praying for the bride as she returned to Canaan.
As Isaac was seen, Rebekah “dismounted from her camel” (v. 64). The Hebrew verb
wattippol means “to jump off or spring from quickly.” It is an oriental custom for a woman to
show respect for a man by bowing and greeting him. When the servant identified the stranger in
the field as Isaac, she covered her face with a veil (v. 65). It was thought to be immodest for a
man to look on the face of his wife before marriage.
PERSPECTIVE:
LEAVING ALL TO GAIN EVERYTHING
All that belonged to the son was shared with his bride, but Rebekah had to leave all to
gain all. It is the same today. As the bride of Christ, we make certain sacrifices of this life which
are more than repaid as we enjoy the riches of the Son. The marriage of Isaac and Rebekah is a
picture of our relationship to Christ as His bride.
NINETEEN
ISAAC:
The Well Digger
(Genesis 25:1-26.35)
Abraham lived thirty-eight years after the death of his wife Sarah. During the interim
years, he married a wife named Keturah and fathered six sons. While Abraham cared for all of
his sons and gave them gifts out of his immense wealth, there was never any question which son
would be the heir of the family covenant. Isaac was supernaturally born when Abraham and
Sarah were too old for children. Isaac was the son of promise and heir of the covenant promises
of God. Even during his latter years, Abraham was careful to separate “the sons of the
concubines” from Isaac, his son (Gen. 25:6).
When Abraham died, Isaac was accompanied by his half-brother Ishmael as they buried
their father in the cave of Machpelah (v. 9). Machpelah had been bought by a grieving husband
to bury his deceased wife Sarah. The cave was destined to become a patriarchal family tomb.
This is the last friendly relationship between these two sons of Abraham or their descendants
recorded in Scripture.
The covenant promise of God did not end with Abraham. After his death, God blessed
Isaac. The Scriptures hint at the source of that blessing in the identification of his home. “And