Well, as we turn to Genesis chapter 24, we're actually turning to the longest chapter in the book of Genesis. Now, of course, when Moses wrote the book of Genesis, he did not insert chapter breaks and divisions and verse breakdowns, that was added to scripture later, but he did write in sections. And this section, the marriage of Isaac and Rebecca is one of the longer sections or episodes in the book of Genesis. It might give us a little insight into how God feels about marriage that he would depict this story in such robust terms. But really the chapter isn't so much about relationships, it isn't so much about marriage as it is about God. God continuing to move and work and perform his plan here on earth.
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