Genesis 24:63-67~~~a favorite passage
(Every now and then this passage comes to my mind for no reason that I can think of. I just like it.)
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her...
In fact the whole chapter is beautiful. Maybe it didn't quite happen the way it was described but I like the story nonetheless. Abraham is dying and wants a wife for his son Isaac and sends his servant to find one. The servant asks God for a sign that the woman who offers to give him and his camels water should be the wife of Isaac. (Gen. 24:14)
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 shewed kindness unto my master.
Then the servant told Laban, Rebekah's brother what had happened: Gen. 24:42-45
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
So shortly after that, Isaac sees Rebekah and Rebekah sees Isaac and the rest is history. Years later Laban was not so kind to Jacob, Isaac's son. Jacob worked seven years for Laban's daughter Rachel only to have the older daughter Leah switched for Rachel and then had to work another seven years for Rachel, but it didn't seem to matter: (Gen. 29:20)
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Well, that's another story...
But the simple words "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her..." never fail to move me.