Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the blessed One for all eternity. Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have selected us from among all the peoples, and have given us your Torah. Blessed are you, YHVH, giver of the Torah. Amein.
ואברהם זקן
Gen 24:1 And Aḇraham was old, advanced in years. And יהוה had blessed Aḇraham in every way.
וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן, בָּא בַּיָּמִים; וַיהוָה בֵּרַךְ אֶת-אַבְרָהָם, בַּכֹּל.
Gen
24:2 And Aḇraham said to the oldest
servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please, put your hand
under my thigh,
Gen
24:3 so that I make you swear by יהוה, the Elohim of the heavens
and the Elohim of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the
daughters of the Kenaʽanites, among whom I dwell,
Gen
24:4 but to go to my land and to my
relatives, and take a wife for my son Yitsḥaq.”
Gen 24:5
And the servant said to him, “What if
the woman refuses to follow me to this land? Do I then take your son back to
the land from which you came?”
Gen
24:6 And Aḇraham said to him, “Beware
lest you take my son back there!
Gen
24:7 “יהוה,
Elohim of the heavens, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of
my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your seed I give
this land,’ He sends His messenger before you, and you shall take a wife for my
son from there.
Gen 24:8 “And if the woman refuses to follow you, then you shall be released from this oath; only, do not take my son back there.”
Avraham repeats this command twice. Why?
Gen
24:9 Then the servant put his hand under
the thigh of Aḇraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
‘’Yarek
oath’’ This was a
custom whereby one could make an oath by placing the hands on the genitals
(done among men only). The genitals being the source of one’s re-productive
ability and calling forth future generations to exact payment if the oath was
not kept. On the male genitals was also found the covenant mark of
circumcision.
This was
a powerful picture of Eliezer making a promise that the life of Avraham would
only be continued through a chosen people.
It is also significant that Eliezer’s name is not mentioned. Eliezer means “Elohim is Help” and some Messianic scholars believe this is a possible reference to the work of “Ruach ha kodesh” (the Set apart Spirit) of YHVH calling a Bride for the Bridegroom to be.
Gen 24:10 And the servant took ten of his master’s
camels and left, for all his master’s good gifts were in his hand. And
he arose and went to Aram Naharayim, to the city of Naḥor.
Gen
24:11 And he made his camels kneel down
outside the city by a fountain of water at evening time, the time when women go
out to draw water.
Gen
24:12 And he said, “יהוה, Elohim of my master
Aḇraham, please cause her to meet before me this day, and show kindness
to my master Aḇraham.
Gen
24:13 “See, I am standing here by the
fountain of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to
draw water.
Gen
24:14 “Now let it be that the young
woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar to let me drink,’ and she says,
‘Drink, and let me water your camels too,’ let her be the one whom You have
appointed for Your servant Yitsḥaq. And let me know by this that You have
shown kindness to my master.”
Gen 24:15 And it came to be, before he had ended speaking, that see, Riḇqah, who was born to Bethu’ĕl, son of Milkah, the wife of Naḥor, Aḇraham’s brother, came out with her jar on her shoulder.
Rivkah – ‘’captivate’’–she would ‘’captivate Yitzchak. Yahshua too will
be captivated by a beautiful servant Bride. Marriage and the love between a man
and woman form one of the central themes of the scriptures -
Def ‘’captivated’’ - captivated: [adjective] having one's interest or attention held or captured
by something or someone charming, beautiful….
Pro 5:19 A loving deer and a pleasant doe! Let her nipples satisfy you at all times. And be captivated by her love always. Pro 5:20 For why should you, my son, Be captivated by a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Song of Songs 4:9 ESV
You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart
with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel(Heb – one link of your
small neck chain) of your necklace.
Gen
24:16 And the young woman was very
good-looking, a maiden, no man having known her. And she went down to the
fountain, filled her jar, and came up.
Gen
24:17 And the servant ran to meet her
and said, “Please let me drink a little water from your jar.”
Gen 24:18 And she said, “Drink, my master.” And she
hurried and let her jar down to her hand, and gave him a drink.
Gen
24:19 And when she had finished giving
him a drink, she said, “Let me draw water for your camels too, until they have
finished drinking.”
Gen
24:20 And she hurried and emptied her
jar into the trough, ran back to the fountain to draw water, and drew for all
his camels.
Gen
24:21 And watching her, the man remained
silent in order to know whether יהוה
had prospered his way or not.
Gen 24:22 And it came to be, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a sheqel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten sheqels of gold,
Rivkah was given a gold nose ring – in accepting this ring she was
stating that she would be willing to give herself as a bride to her yet unseen
bridegroom. The nose ring weighed a
beka, the Hebrew word “beka” has a gematria of 172; there are exactly 172 words
in the “aseret divrot” the “ten sayings” (Ten Commandments). Also, she was
given two bracelets each weighing 5 shekels which remind us of the two tablets
containing the 10 sayings. This is a
picture of YHVH giving His called out ones the Torah as well as the gift of the
Ruach/Set Apart Spirit which is the adornment of beauty upon His Bride. This
same Torah which the sages believed was our “ketubah” marriage contract with
YHVH. The giving of Torah and the outpouring of the Ruach occur simultaneously
on the day of Shavuot.
Gen
24:23 and said, “Whose daughter are you?
Please inform me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the
night?”
Gen
24:24 And she said to him, “I am the
daughter of Bethu’ĕl, Milkah’s son, whom she bore to Naḥor.”
Gen
24:25 And she said to him, “We have both
straw and fodder enough, and room to spend the night.”
Gen
24:26 And the man bowed down his head
and worshipped יהוה.
Gen
24:27 And he said, “Blessed be יהוה Elohim of my master Aḇraham,
who has not forsaken His kindness and His truth toward my master. As for me,
being on the way, יהוה led
me to the house of my master’s brothers.”
Gen
24:28 Then the young woman ran and
informed those of her mother’s house these matters.
Gen
24:29 And Riḇqah had a brother whose
name was Laḇan, and Laḇan ran out to the man, to the fountain.
Gen
24:30 And it came to be, when he saw the
nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he heard the
words of his sister Riḇqah, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” that he went
to the man and saw him standing by the camels at the fountain.
Gen
24:31 And he said, “Come in, O blessed
of יהוה! Why
do you stand outside? I myself have prepared the house, and a place for the
camels.”
Gen
24:32 So the man came into the house,
while he unloaded the camels and provided straw and fodder for the camels and
water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him,
Gen
24:33 and set food before him to eat.
But he said, “Let me not eat until I have spoken my word.” And he said, “Speak
on.”
Gen
24:34 And he said, “I am Aḇraham’s
servant.
Gen
24:35 “And יהוה
has blessed my master exceedingly, and he has become great. And He has given
him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male and female servants, and
camels and donkeys.
Gen
24:36 “And Sarah my master’s wife bore a
son to my master when she was old. And he has given to him all that he has.
Gen
24:37 “And my master made me swear,
saying, ‘Do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Kenaʽanites,
in whose land I dwell,
Gen
24:38 but go to my father’s house and to
my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
Gen
24:39 “And I said to my master, ‘What if
the woman does not follow me?’
Gen
24:40 “But he said to me, ‘יהוה, before whom I walk, sends
His messenger with you and shall prosper your way. And you shall take a wife
for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house.
Gen 24:41 ‘Then, when you go to my relatives, you are to be released from this oath. And if they do not give her to you, then you are released from my oath.’
Isa 51:1 “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, seeking יהוה: Look to the rock you were hewn from, and to the hole of the pit you were dug from. Isa 51:2 “Look to Aḇraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you. For he was alone when I called him, and I blessed him and increased him. Isa 51:4 “Listen(הקשׁיבו- pay careful attention) to Me, My people, and give ear to Me, O My nation, for the Torah goes forth from Me, and My right-ruling I set as a light to peoples.
Isa 51:7 “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, a people in whose heart is My Torah: do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.
Isa 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of יהוה! Awake as in days of old, everlasting generations.
Isa 51:11 And let the ransomed of יהוה return. And they shall come to Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. Let them attain joy and gladness; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Mat 22:1 And יהושע responded and spoke to them again by parables and said,Mat 22:2 “The reign of the heavens is like a man, a sovereign, who made a wedding feast for his son,Mat 22:3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast. But they would not come.
Mat 22:4 “Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Say to those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle are slaughtered, and all is ready. Come to the wedding feast.” ’Mat 22:5 “But they disregarded it and went their way – this one to his field, that one to his trade.Mat 22:6 “And the rest, having seized his servants, insulted and killed them.Mat 22:7 “But when the sovereign heard, he was wroth, and sent out his soldiers, destroyed those murderers, and set their city on fire.Mat 22:8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast, indeed, is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.Mat 22:9 ‘Therefore go into the street corners, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding feast.’Mat 22:10 “And those servants went out into the street corners and gathered all whom they found, both wicked and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.Mat 22:11 “And when the sovereign came in to view the guests, he saw there a man who had not put on a wedding garment,Mat 22:12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not having a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. (wedding garment – a distinguishing mark of grace – Spurgeon)Mat 22:13 “Then the sovereign said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him out into the outer darkness – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’Mat 22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”1 Footnote:1See 20:16.
Eph 5:22 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Master. Eph 5:23 Because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Saviour of the body. Eph 5:24 But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every respect. Eph 5:31 “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” Gen_2:24. Eph 5:32 This secret is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly. Eph 5:33 However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.
Mat 25:1 “Then the reign of the heavens shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Mat 25:2 “And five of them were wise, and five foolish. Mat 25:3 “Those who were foolish, having taken their lamps, took no oil with them, Mat 25:4 but the wise took oil in their containers with their lamps……
The oil symbol of the Set Apart Spirit – Eph 5:18
Baruch atah YHVH,
Eloheinu, Melech ha-‘Olam, asher natan lanu Toraht-emet, v’chai-yeh o’lam
nata-b’tochenu. Baruch atah YHVH, notein ha-Torah. Amein.
Blessed are you YHVH,
our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of truth, and
have planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH giver of
the Torah – Amein.