Genesis 11 - Isaac and Rebekah

Published: July 13, 2013, 3:10 a.m.

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Sarah dies and Abraham makes a contract with the Hittites to purchase\\xa0a plot of land to bury Sarah. Nearing the end of his life, Abraham\\xa0instructs his servant that Isaac must not take a Canaanite wife, but\\xa0rather a wife from Abraham\'s country. When he has done this, Isaac\\xa0must settle in the land of Canaan, which God has promised for him.

The servant prays that God might give a sign identifying the woman to\\xa0choose for Isaac\'s wife, that she might offer water to both him and\\xa0his camels. This woman is Rebekah, and she hastens to Isaac in the\\xa0Canaan land, and they are married.

Abraham marries Keturah after Sarah\'s death, and has more children,\\xa0but his heir remains Isaac.

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