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Show A CONCERNED (WORRIED1 ANXIOUS) MOTHER "Tnen Rebekah said to lsaac, "t'm disgusted Hittite from from with women. living because of these If Jacob takes among the Hittite women women will not be worth wife of this land, a like these. my life living. (Genesis 27: 46 N NIV) "And Rebekah said to tsaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth such as these which are of the daughters of the land. what Heth: good shall KJV) m/ife do me?" otll1f (Genesis ) l 10 !VI ('-'(f_ b .PJ.11( pf-c,_4 1 tit 27: 46 f U-rC-t0 --10 vo +t.QT ,( (.(1 Ii. tfIf f II God put and man with the purpose of woman being together one. They want the best for their children and do two things to be examples. They talk to one another and they worship together. NA foolish son is a grief to his father, bitterness to her that bare him. (Proverbs 17: worry, to be 25) extraordinarily careful, to anguish, to be uneasy, to see her fear, misgivings. to be apprehensive, No mother wants to make bad choices. son Isaac and Rebekah had two and Jacob. N To be weary is to be anxious, to have mental to have and They with Jacob hold The parents were on born sons Esau struggling the heels of Esau. mistakenly picked favorites 2 and told the help boys so. With his mother's Jacob tricked his aging father and stole his brother's birthright. Then Esau determined to kill Jacob. Rebekah got word and sent Jacob away to stay with her brother Laban in Haran until Esau cooled off. For she was concerned that already lost her older she had son Esau and she did not want to lose her second son Jacob the Jacob was same day. getting ready to leave when Rebeka h expressed her concern her husband Isaac about what might in that land. 'Tben Rebekah said happen to to Isaac, "I'm disgusted with living because takes a of these wife from Hittite women. among the 3 If Jacob women of this land, life my from Hittite choice her favorite weary was son weary of the might make. "l of my life because of the You know how that daughters of Heth." is, mothers and reluctant apron strings of the do not think their like these, living." will not be worth Notice, Rebekah am women sons. sons anybody is to cut the because they good enough for She wanted her son to marry right. She wanted her husband Isaac's blessings in sending Jacob north to Padan-Aram but she did not want her son to marry one of the Hittite women like Esau had done. More than Heth or that, the daughters of the Hittites had 4 a family (See connection to Esau. Genesis 26: They were daughters of the Their father was a same 35) land. hunter and smelled somebody with like it. Rebekah had class and distinction in mind for Jacob} not one of the working class. She concerned that Jacob married In fact} Rebekah was so women. son married one She wanted her She grieved that her marrying one son for her her sons worth of those married equally yoked. might of the wicked Every mother should was son but she wanted him to be right. concerned that she wondered if her life living if her was want end up women. pious wives and Christian husbands for daughters. I hear 5 some young ladies complain that the have are high high. they don't is because their standards anybody too reason I say keep your standards and pray that God will send you the help-meet to fit them. Work of you and you will be surprised how God can match you up. The Bible says the church is like a bride adorned for her husband without spot or wrinkle. 6 |
