She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
Rebekah invited Abraham's servant to her family's house, offering both straw and feed for his animals and room for lodging. The scene belongs to her meeting with Abraham's servant at the well, where the woman and the older man are together. Her invitation was part of the evidence the servant had asked God for and received that Rebekah was to become Isaac's wife.
The verse belongs to the account of Abraham's servant seeking and finding Rebekah as a wife for Isaac, which shows Abraham's care in guiding Isaac's marriage by entrusting the choice to his experienced, God-fearing servant. The marriage that followed is presented as a tender picture of domestic happiness. In the account Isaac was forty years old, obedient and trusting that God would direct the choice of his wife, and he submitted to his father's judgment by accepting the choice made by his father's servant.
Isaac's trust and submission are offered as an example for children who profess to fear God. The record of Abraham's training of Isaac to love a life of noble obedience is given for the benefit of parents, teaching them to command their households after Abraham. It teaches parents to instruct their children to yield to and respect parental authority, and to feel responsible to guide their children's affections toward persons judged to be suitable companions for sons and daughters. It rebukes the idea that the affections of the young should not be guided or restrained, because Satan controls the affections of the young to a great extent.
Rebekah invited Abraham's servant to her family's house, offering both straw and feed for his animals and room for lodging. The scene belongs to her meeting with Abraham's servant at the well, where the woman and the older man are together. Her invitation was part of the evidence the servant had asked God for and received that Rebekah was to become Isaac's wife.
The verse belongs to the account of Abraham's servant seeking and finding Rebekah as a wife for Isaac, which shows Abraham's care in guiding Isaac's marriage by entrusting the choice to his experienced, God-fearing servant. The marriage that followed is presented as a tender picture of domestic happiness. In the account Isaac was forty years old, obedient and trusting that God would direct the choice of his wife, and he submitted to his father's judgment by accepting the choice made by his father's servant.
Isaac's trust and submission are offered as an example for children who profess to fear God. The record of Abraham's training of Isaac to love a life of noble obedience is given for the benefit of parents, teaching them to command their households after Abraham. It teaches parents to instruct their children to yield to and respect parental authority, and to feel responsible to guide their children's affections toward persons judged to be suitable companions for sons and daughters. It rebukes the idea that the affections of the young should not be guided or restrained, because Satan controls the affections of the young to a great extent.