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2031 or 1865 BC
Terah lived for 205 years* and died while still
in Haran.
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Isaac Marries Rebekah • GENESIS 24:1-67 /
2026 or 1860 BC
Abraham was now a very old man, and the Lord
had blessed him in every way. 2 One day Abraham
said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his
household, “Take an oath by putting your hand
under my thigh. 3 Swear by the Lord, the God of
heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son
to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
4 Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and
find a wife there for my son Isaac.”
5 The servant asked, “But what if I can’t find
a young woman who is willing to travel so far
from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live
among your relatives in the land you came from?”
6 “No!” Abraham responded. “Be careful never
to take my son there. 7 For the Lord, the God of
heaven, who took me from my father’s house
and my native land, solemnly promised to give
this land to my descendants.* He will send his
angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you
find a wife there for my son. 8 If she is unwilling
to come back with you, then you are free from
this oath of mine. But under no circumstances
are you to take my son there.”
9 So the servant took an oath by putting his
hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He
swore to follow Abraham’s instructions. 10 Then
he loaded ten of Abraham’s camels with all kinds
of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went
EXODUS
PATRIARCH
PATRIARCH
CREATION
1
23:15 Hebrew 400 shekels, about 10 pounds or 4.6 kilograms in weight;
also in 23:16. 11:32 Some ancient versions read 145 years; compare
11:26 and 12:4. 24:7 Hebrew seed; also in 24:60. 24:22 Hebrew a gold
nose-ring weighing a beka [0.2 ounces or 6 grams] and two gold
bracelets weighing 10 [shekels] [4 ounces or 114 grams].
DIVIDED
KINGDOM
The Death of Terah • GENESIS 11:32 /
to the town where Abraham’s brother Nahor
had settled. 11 He made the camels kneel beside a
well just outside the town. It was evening, and the
women were coming out to draw water.
12 “O Lord, God of my master, Abraham,” he
prayed. “Please give me success today, and show
unfailing love to my master, Abraham. 13 See, I am
standing here beside this spring, and the young
women of the town are coming out to draw
water. 14 This is my request. I will ask one of them,
‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says,
‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels,
too!’—let her be the one you have selected as
Isaac’s wife. This is how I will know that you have
shown unfailing love to my master.”
15 Before he had finished praying, he saw a
young woman named Rebekah coming out
with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the
daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah. 16 Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be
married, but she was still a virgin. She went down
to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again.
17 Running over to her, the servant said, “Please
give me a little drink of water from your jug.”
18 “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.”
And she quickly lowered her jug from her
shoulder and gave him a drink. 19 When she had
given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for
your camels, too, until they have had enough
to drink.” 20 So she quickly emptied her jug into
the watering trough and ran back to the well to
draw water for all his camels.
21 The servant watched her in silence, wondering whether or not the Lord had given him
success in his mission. 22 Then at last, when the
camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold
ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets*
for her wrists.
23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “And
please tell me, would your father have any room
to put us up for the night?”
24 “I am the daughter of Bethuel,” she replied.
“My grandparents are Nahor and Milcah. 25 Yes,
we have plenty of straw and feed for the camels,
and we have room for guests.”
26 The man bowed low and worshiped the
Lord. 27 “Praise the Lord, the God of my master,
Abraham,” he said. “The Lord has shown unfailing love and faithfulness to my master, for he has
led me straight to my master’s relatives.”
KINGDOM
please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces*
of silver, but what is that between friends? Go
ahead and bury your dead.”
16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and
paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces
of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.
17 So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This
included the field itself, the cave that was in it,
and all the surrounding trees. 18 It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession
in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city
gate. 19 Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah,
there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near
Mamre (also called Hebron). 20 So the field and
the cave were transferred from the Hittites to
Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.
JUDGES
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CONQUEST
JANUARY 7
