So Abraham’s servant Eliezer sets out on his journey and stops at a well.  In the Middle East during this era, if you wanted to pick up a single young girl, this was the place to go.  For the most part, men and women stayed separate from each other.  So if you wanted to find […]

At this stage in Abraham’s life, we see a changed man compared to his earlier years when perceived perilous circumstances caused him to lie and express doubts to God about whether or not he would really be able to father a child through his wife Sarah.  After going through various trials and tribulations and God […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 24. For the King James Version, click here. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ and she answered, ‘The daughter of B’tu’el son of Nachor, whom Milkah bore to him.’-Genesis 24:24 In my last post for Genesis chapter 22, I expressed some confusion […]

Hebron, where Sarah was buried, is very significant because all three patriarchs were buried there. It should also be noted that when David became King of Judah, he chose to make Hebron Israel’s first capital city. No doubt his choice was connected to the great reverence attached to Hebron due to it being the burial […]

In response to Abraham’s request that a piece of property be “given” to him, the residents of the area respond with what seems to be a courtly gesture of extravagant generosity. “Hear us, my Lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead; none of us shall […]