The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16

oo+ar Tn the Orient it was the
ton Of women to come our - FOR
- Tho we'll. draw the water Ioi
sa,astic O and bear II Dach
- the city upon their heads. Eliezei
fa,t thar he would pc better aDIe "
nudge of the women OF this oee.io
If he would not reveal the opJee. y
his visit, but instead would use q
little strategy. Let 1t come 70 p"o'
that the damsel TO whom | Sndli say
Jot down thy pitcher, | pray thee,
that may drink, and she shan a
Drink. and I will give tiny caiieie
drink also let the same be hef ina.
mon hast appointed for thy servant
Isaac a
While Eliezer was offering TINS
| PRAYER Rebekah appeared, went uo"n
the heNn steps to the we'll, hiIeo hoi
| pitcher. and came up again. ohe "ao
fair to look upon and Eiezef "eh'
! forth 10 proffer his que 1of d
drink. She answered IN amos ~.
very terms Of his petition. 'Drlnk.
! she said. and will draw water Tor
thy camels also, unit they have done
~drinking." Thereupon he followed the
| cleW thus put into his hands, asked
for the hospitality Of her nome, ols-
closed his errand, and fulfilled has
commission by offering the hand OF
his masters son in marriage. me
| parents rave their consent, HReWiSt
Rebekah; she received n jewels as
a betrothal Offering, n with Eiezer
started on the journey to meet Isaac.
~.Isaac,.' the Scriptures relate. took
Rebekah and she ecam his wife,
a he loved her; and fSaacW was com
forted after his mothers death
The best qualities of Rebekah are
shown in her eagerness to render
services to an utter stranger. me
next incident was in her married life
the birth Of the twins. Esau n
Jacob, thirty years after the court
ship and marriage. Little as is
told Of Isaac's domestic life, there is
enough to indicate That and
wife lived bound to~ether by the
bonds Of a mutual affection, which
did not lessen with advancing years.
! The third scene in Rebekah's life
is III one which indicates the defect
in her character-her partiafiiy as a
mother. The quiet and less stormy
character Of Jacob attached Rebekah
more strongly to him than to Esau.
Her Partially led her to applaud
the bargaining shrewdness of her
favorite son when ESan designed to
sell his birthright. And still more SO
was the cunning OF Rebekah shown
in the deception she practiced upon
nor husband To WIN 1oT ncT 1aFOXltc
the fathers blessing, which serves IN
lieu Of a win and makes him head
of the household.
|. The treachery Of Jacob and Re
bekah miscarried, and alarmed at the
9 not unnatural threats OF the angry
2 Esau. and directed by both his
|. parents to seek a wife from their kin
I dred, Jacob had hardly received his
fathers blessing before he left his
8 home and apparently Rebekah never
Il saw him again. And this puts an enc
r to the fragmentary story Of Re.
: bekah's life. OF her subsequent life
J and Of her death we know nothing
only from acob's farewell address te
his sons on his deathbed we know
that his mother was buried in the
family burying ground with Abraham
and Sarah, the father and mother.
in-law. and with Isaac her husband
Despite her defects OF character
despite her unjustifiable, let no
wholly inexplicable, intervention fol
her favorite son, this woman has re,
mained for thirty-fve centuries hon
ored wherever the Bible is known
BY the side OF Deborah, the warrior
Huldah, the prophecies; Vashti, tn,
Queen, is included in Hebrew litera
ture the name OF Rebekah, the wife
Tuesday
Deborah.