We all know about Isaac and Rebekah. It's an interesting story. Abraham sent his servant to the land he came from to get Isaac a wife. The servant said to the LORD, "See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. May it be that when I say to a girl, 'Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too' - let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac." Sure enough, a purty girl came by and did just that. This was quite effective - knowing that God had chosen this girl, AND the servant saved himself some camel-watering time! He gave her a gold nose ring and two gold bracelets, and told her what the deal was. She ran home and told her family, and her brother Laban came to meet the servant, and brought him home. The servant told the story to the whole family, and asked what they thought about it. They said, "This is from the LORD; we can say nothing to you one way or the other. Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has directed." And that was it. They wanted them to stay ten days more, but the servant was in a hurry to get going. This part must have been pretty hectic for Rebekah. I mean, she had to pack up and go to some faraway land that she'd never heard of to marry a guy she'd never even seen! I wouldn't be such a fan of this idea. But she was willing, and they were soon on their way.
A while later, Isaac went out to meditate and saw camels approaching. Rebekah also saw Isaac. The servant had probably spent a good amount of the journey describing the family, especially him. She asked who he was, and the servant told her it was HIM. She covered herself with her veil. She must have felt either really excited, or very nervous, or really dreading this, or all of the above. The rest is history. Isaac loved her and they got married. That is one special love story.
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