Genesis 22-24

Genesis 22-24

This year, I plan on reading the Old Testament of the Bible within the 2012 calendar year. Follow me on this journey! Please, if you have questions of comments... let me know! 

Scripture Thought (What I Learned):

Chapter 22: Sacrifice of Abraham's Son Isaac

                God commands Abraham to take his son Isaac to the land of Moriah and "...offer him there for a burnt offering..." (Genesis 22:2)

                Abraham takes his son and they journey towards the mountain that the Lord had commanded him to go, but Abraham does not tell his son what the Lord had planned.  As they journey to the top of the mountain, Isaac even asks Abraham "...where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" (Genesis 22:7)

                Abraham tells Isaac that God will provide one for them, once they get to the top Abraham builds an altar and bound his son Isaac, Abraham takes a knife out and gets ready to kill his son... when an angel calls out to him and tells him "...lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God..." (Genesis 22:12)

                So we learn that the whole thing was just a test to see if Abraham would listen and do as the Lord commands. But they notice a ram caught in a thicket.

                God tells him, that because he did as the Lord commanded, that Abraham would be blessed with the seed as the number of stars and grains of sand, or in other words... A LOT!

Chapter 23: Sarah Dies

                When Sarah (Abraham's wife) was 177 years old she died. Abraham buys a cave for her to be buried in for four hundred shekels of silver.

                Abraham buries his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre.

Chapter 24: Isaac's Wife

                Abraham commands Isaac to not marry a Canaanite, but instead commands his servant to go to Meopotamia into the city of Nahor.

                Abraham tells the servant that when he comes across a lady who offers him and his camels water that she would be the one for Isaac. So the servant waits at a well and is offered water for him and his camels by a young fair virgin named; Rebekah.  The servant offers her a golden earing (1/2 shekel), two bracelets (10 shekels weight) of gold. She is impressed and takes them home, where he brother Laban is also impressed and invites the man into their home. The servant than explains what his business really is and the family and Rebekah accept and head back to meet Isaac.

                When Rebekah and Isaac meet eyes, she jumps off her camel to meet him. They get married and Isaac is now comforted after the death of her mother.