Strong Biblical Women, Part 2

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When Avraham (Abraham) decided it was time for his son Isaac to marry, Avraham sent his servant, Eliezer, to find a wife for Isaac. Avraham sent Eliezer to his family in Ur.

Rivka offered to give water to Eliezer and his camel. Eliezer decided this was the right woman for his master's son.

Rivka and Isaac married and Rivka prayed for children. She became pregnant with twins. The twins fought with each other in the womb.

When they were born, the first son came out, he was hairy and everyone called him Esav (Esau), which meant hairy. When the second son came out, he was holding the heel of the older son. His father, Isaac, called him Yaakov (Jacob) which came from the Hebrew word for heel.

As they got older, Esau was a hunter and a killer and Jacob was a learner. Jacob wanted to get his father's blessing. But Isaac was fooled by Esau. Esau brought his father, who had gone blind, meat from animals he had hunted and treated him well. But Rivka saw that Jacob was the good son and told him how to fool his father.

Because Isaac had grown up in the house of Avraham and Sara, he only knew honesty. But Rivka was the daughter of Betuel, who was dishonest in business and so she knew how to counteract Esau's deceptions.

Rivka saw to it that Isaac's blessing went to the appropriate son, Jacob.

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