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1. And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
2. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.
3. and I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4. But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5. And the servant said unto him, paradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land form whence thou camest?
6. and Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7. The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that swear unto me, saying, unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8. And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again.
9. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
10. And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to mesopotomia, unto the city of Nahor.
11. And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
12. And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
13. Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water;
14. And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.
15. And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, Son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16. And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17. And the servant ran to meet her, and said, let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
18. And she said, drink, my Lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
20. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
21. And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
22. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
23. And said, whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee; is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
24. And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
This story in the Bible, the first account given in the Bible of an earthly father looking for a wife for his son is a very significant story. There are some things we have to note in the story and these are the things.
Why in the story for a search for a wife for someone, should camels play such a prominent role. Apart from other references to Rebekah, such as sister or damsel, the word camel is mentioned in the story even more than the name Rebekah, the wife which God eventually, by His grace, provided for Isaac. The word “camel” is mentioned eighteen times and the name Rebekah, thirteen times. Also in the story, the number ten appears, though subtly.
The servant took “ten camels”. The word Camel is mentioned eleven times, then plus one, one signifying one God, before the servant gave his plea to Laban and Bethuel for Rebekah to be his master’s son’s wife. Also Rebekah’s brother and mother told the servant, “Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at least ten, after that she shall go”. Other words which are significant in this story (all the word of God is significant) are the words “water”, “pitcher” and “well”. The word “hand” is also important in this story and we will get to that. Also we see in this story mention of the “God of the heavens”, Elohi Ha Shamayim. Shamayim, the Hebrew word for heavens, incidentally can be broken down into the words shem, meaning name, and mayim, meaning waters. So we see water coming up here, also in indirect ways.
Though the word “well” is used in this story, the Hebrew word Be’er, it is also significant that ‘Ayin, the word for spring of water in used. Of the four matriarchs; Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah, Rebekah is said to be very fair to look upon, Tovath Mar’eh Me’od. The word for fair or beautiful here is Tovath, from the Hebrew word Tov, meaning good. Sarah and Rachel are Yaphah, as is Joseph the son of Jacob,here probably descrbing a higher form of beauty, and Leah had only her eyes described ”Ayin raccoth”. Incidentally the words spring and eyes are similar in the Hebrew.
The word for Camel in the Hebrew is Gamal. It is from the same root also as this Hebrew word “Gemul”, to treat a person well or ill, i.e. benefit or requite, to bestow on, deal bountifully, do good, recompense, requite, reward. The number three in Hebrew is derived from this word. This is Gimel, which is the number three in Hebrew.
Rebekah is mentioned thirteen times in the account in Genesis 24. Thirteen is ten plus three. We have seen the number ten appearing subtly in the story. The number ten is represented by the letter Yod in the Hebrew.
The name of God, commonly called Jehovah and sometimes Yahweh, though no one is sure of the actual pronunciation begins with a Yod, that is, the tetragrammaton. The Yod is symbolized by a hand, just as Gimel, representing number three is symbolized by a camel.
We can evidently see the hand of God in this story in choosing a wife for Isaac. His wife was his “reward” due to him because of his relation to God. Adam married his wife because she was “the bone of his bones, and the flesh of his flesh”. However, in the book of Ephesians in chapter 5 from verse 21 to verse 33, we see that as Christians we marry because we are the members of “his bones” and therefore we marry because of that.
It is your “fit” in Christ that you marry. If you have a “bedroom relationship” with Christ you marry someone with a bedroom relationship and if you have a parlour relationship with Christ, you marry someone with a parlour relationship with Christ also. So husbands, you do not have to blame your wives continually. You see, she is only as nice as you. That is what I believe. Even the account just given in Ephesians, the Bible says the husband that hates his wife hates himself. So, you see your wife is you!
In the Hebrew the letter Gimel representing the number three leads to the letter Dalet, representing the number four and symbolized by a door. Dalet is also symbolic of a poor man. The Bible says, though Jesus was rich, he became poor, so that through his poverty, we might become rich. Jesus Christ calls himself a door. For someone to receive anything from God in the way he should, he should first of all be “poor”. The Bible says in Isaiah 66:2, “for all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. However, the word translated “poor” here is the Hebrew word ‘aniy, which basically means humble.
The word translated “pitcher” is the Hebrew word Kad, having a root meaning of something “deepened”. This was what Rebekah drew water from the well with. Rebekah was not like our girls nowadays who believe that in showing they like you, they have to do something bad to you, like snubbing you, children of Belial. She had deepened her relationship with God and this is symbolized in the thing, the pitcher, she drew water with. She believed in being “good” and “nice” and pursued it as we can see from the story.
There is one church I go and there is one lady there. We always have a meal at the end of service every Sunday. There is a particular girl there that helps sometimes in serving the meals. When she picks up a meat as she is serving you and she sees that it is a big one, she drops it, and looks for a much smaller one and then gives it to you. Where I come from in Nigeria, there are many tribes. But when someone from her tribe in the eastern parts of Nigeria comes along she looks for the biggest meat and gives it to the person. Not being petty, talking about meat and food here, definitely Rebekah was not such a person, she was “nice” and “kind”.
Fountains symbolized by the Hebrew word ‘Ayin play a prominent role in the Bible. ‘Ayin also represents “nothing” and “eyes”. Thus for someone who has the “eyes” of God on him or her finding a suitable partner should not be difficult, if he or she has emptied himself or herself and become a “nothing” but filled with the love of God and the spirit of God symbolized by water, which is what Jesus turned into wine, which was the beginning of his signs (Semeion) at a Marriage.
Finally the number ten is mentioned three times in the story in Genesis 24.

Sometimes when reading the Bible one comes across accounts of the same event which seem to contradict each other. Actually, there are no contradictions in the Bible. One such story, is the one about the two malefactors crucified with Jesus. Let us look deeper at the account in the Bible. We then see that there are no contradictions.
In Luke 23:39-43, this is what the Bible says
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, if thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when, thou comest into they kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, verily, I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
This is also the account of the story given in Mathew and Mark. In Matthew 27: 38-44.
38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads.
40 And saying, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the son of God, come down from the cross.
41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said.
42 He saved others; himself he cannot save if he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the son of God.
44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
In Mark 15:31-31
31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32 Let Christ the king of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
In the account given in Luke 23:39-43 one of the
Malefactors(Kakourgon) railed on him. The word translated “railed” here, in the Greek is the Greek word Eblasphemei. In the accounts given in Mathew 27:38-44, the two thieves(lestai) cast the same in his teeth, that is they reproached him. The Greek word used here is Oneidizon. Also Mark 15:31-32, the Greek word used is Oneidizon.
So there are no contradictions in the different accounts. In one case, the malefactor “blasphemed” Jesus, and in this other two stories both of them “reviled” him. We all know that it could be a very difficult thing when one is confronted with imminent death. One of the thieves pinned his hopes for survival on Jesus. Jesus, you rescued others, rescue me also.
He was oscillating between hope and despair. Jesus can save me, he thought. He therefore reviled Jesus in that He pinned his hopes for survival on Jesus and this was not forthcoming. The other one mentioned in Luke 23:39-43 did not care less, the malefactor, he “blasphemed” Jesus right from the beginning.
So to reiterate again, one thief “blasphemed” Jesus and both of them “reviled” him. The other one that “reproached” Jesus but did not blaspheme him, was oscillating between hope and despair. At the very end, seeing there was no more hope for survival, in the account given in Luke 23:39-43, after rebuking his fellow thief, in verse 42, he said to Jesus, Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. He said this because there was no more hope left for survival in this world, no more hope for physical survival.
So there are no contradictions in the Bible. Another seeming contradiction is the story of the Centurion. In one account he is said to have sent messengers to Jesus, in another, the account given in Mathew 8:5-11, he is said to have “answered” Jesus. The other account is the one given in Luke 7:1-10. There is no contradiction in this story also. The Centurion actually sent servants to Jesus initially, and actually met Jesus later. That the Centurion “answered” Jesus in the account in Mathew 8:8, we can also see a similar situation in Mathew 11:1-4, when Jesus “answered” John, though John was at that time in the prison.
1. And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
2. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3. And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
4. Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see.

I once heard this story from the animal kingdom. The hare committed a grievous crime and had to be brought to the judgment seat. The lion and all the animals sat in judgment. So they brought up the hare and said, what shall we do? This hare has committed a grievous deed and brought shame to all the animals in the animal kingdom. What shall we do, they asked again? So, they brought the hare forward.

What does the hare have to say? The hare came forward. Throw me into the fire, but do not throw me into the bush, throw me into the deepest ocean, but do not throw me into the bush. The hare continued, in crying out in a louder voice, throw me into the deep pit, but do not throw me into the bush, throw me into the desert but do not throw me into the bush.

So the animals decided, the bush must be the severest punishment they could ever mete out to the hare. This was after consulting amongst themselves. So, they decided to throw the hare into the bush. And what happened after they did this, guess? Your guess is as good as mine. The hare simply ran away, because, that was where it could run the fastest, the bush.

When I think about this story, I am always reminded of the nature of Human beings in general, how deceitful, wicked, and sinful they can be. The Bible says in Jeremiah 17:9-10, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins even to give every man according to the fruit of his doings"
The word "deceitful" is the Hebrew word 'aqov and the one translated "desperately wicked" is the Hebrew word, actually 'anush, a derivative of 'anash. There are four major words used for man in the old Testament. 'Adam, the generic name for man, 'ish,man itself, Gever, sometimes connoting one who is strong or a hero, and 'enash or 'enosh, 'enash, being the Chaldic version of 'enosh, man usually having or should I say connoting weakness, that is man that is weak and feeble.

The Bible says in 1 peter 3:7 " likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them(wives) according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. Men are also "weak" but women are "weaker vessels", in the Greek "asthenestero skeuei."

Ever since sin entered into the world, Man, has found it difficult to go back to the original way God intended him to be. In Exodus 34:5-7, the word of God says, "And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the gulilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children,unto the third and to the fourth generation. (See article below, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge about what this means)

The word translated "iniquity' is the Hebrew word 'awon, the one translated "transgression" is the Hebrew word Pesha', and the the one translated sin is the Hebrew word Hata'ah. The Hebrew word Hata'ah is more common in the Bible than the other two,that is Hata'ah, and similar words for sin like hata', and I believe includes both. That is, I think it is because of sin, that we have iniquity and transgression, though I might be wrong about this.The Bible says somewhere in 1 john, sin is the transgression of the law, that is, in the King james version of the Bible The basic meaning of Hata'ah is to fall short or to miss the mark. Hata'ah is also used in another feminine form hata'ath in Genesis 4:7. Hata'ath is also the form used in in Isaiah 6:7.Sometimes you seem to think sin as a "lady" plays a sinificant role in the Bible.The Bible actually and sometimes mixes words of feminine and masculine genders with the other gender for numerals, for example, so that one should not go by the feminine gender here for sin.

The Bible in Romans 3:23 says, "for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Pastor Ock Soo Park of the Goodnews Church whose headquarter is based in South Korea, I think, is one of the few to understand this and the actual message of the Bible. The Bible is not really a historical book or a book of a particular race, the Jews. The Bible is a book about sin, man's redemption from sin, and the sacrifice of the Son of God, Jesus Christ to redeem Man from sin. Most of our pastors, here in Nigeria, even if I should say the vast majority, have not comprehended the message.

These Nigerian Pastors preach "Prosperity", "Wealth", "Enlargement of Coasts" whatever "enlargement of coasts" should mean, I must say I am slow to understand their message. The actual message of the Bible is sin and man's redemption from sin. In the Hebrew Bible one of the symbols for man is the letter Shin, which has a shape like a bow and arrow. The arrow, I think is represented by the letter Zayin, having the number seven and represented by a sword. In one of Annick De Souzenelle's books, though I have not seen any as the time of writing this essay, I think she explains that also in this symbol for the letter Shin, it is regarded in Hebrew mysticism that love(Eros) flows in the bow. I saw excerpts on the Net.

I think without God's commandment, there can be no sin or transgression. That is why God gave Adam the commandment in the garden of Eden. The Bible says in Romans 7:7 " what shall we say then? Is the the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet." The Bible actually says in Romans 5:13 "for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. So you see why God told Adam not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil? Actually the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil in my opinion just represented something Adam should not do. Take for instance God showing in a vision, and telling you, do not drink from that wine bottle. The wine bottle is not the actual thing, but the wine and the wine bottle might actually just represent this, do not interfere with the love and friendship of this married couple for the wine and wine bottle represent the the love and affection they have for each other. God' s commandment to Adam was good. God can never be wicked. God forbid! Far be it from it!However, the tree of the knowlegde of Good and Evil might not be litteral only or symbolic only for Adam and his wife hid among the trees in the garden.
Without God's commandment, even though Adam sinned, if ever he did by taking from the tree without God's commandment, he would not know so without God's commandment. It is also useful to know that sin also has to do with God's Glory or should I say the Glory of God. Remember, in the wilderness, when the Israelites sinned, the Glory of God usually appeared. So sin is what makes us fall short of the Glory of God, hence the number six(6) for man, always falling short of the number seven(7). Sometimes the number five could be nearer to the number seven than the number six, for the number six is so near to the number seven but never gets there, whereas the number five is always far from the number seven and gives us no rejoicing of being near the number seven, which in the Bible represents perfection rest, etc.
Sin and the redemption price paid by Jesus Christ is what the whole Bible is all about, apart from giving us the knowledge of God. Jesus paid the price for our sins. Hence, according to the book of Romans we are no longer under the law, being crucified to the cross with Christ. We only obey the law of Christ by walking in the Spirit(Romans 8), something symbolized by the letter Shin, and this walking in the Spirit is the same as walking in love. If you really love a woman the way God wants you to, you will not think of sleeping with her or taking her to bed, even though she is not your wife. You will then be obedient to the word and commandment of God symbolized by the letter Zayin, representing the word of God, in the letter Shin, representing the symbol for man. The commandment and walking in love go together.

Again, the message of the Bible is sin and man's redemption from sin. When sin is removed, the blessings of God automatically follow and flow. Things like the so called "prosperity" automatically follow when sin sin is removed. Israel was an individual and is also a nation. Just as a person's sin needs to be removed, a nation's sin needs to be removed. It is high time our Nigerian Pastors understood this. The problem is sin, and not poverty,wealth,riches and so on. Nigeria is under a curse because its sin has not been removed. That is what I think!