Rebekah Thesis

God grant Hannah’s prayers but his plan was greater then just giving Hannah a child. There are aspects of the story that parallel the greater story of Israel’s need for a king.

Rebekah’s actions were foreshadowed in the very beginning when God revealed what is going to happen during her pregnancy (Genesis 27. 23). Indeed, Rebekah played a pivotal role in aiding Jacob to deceive Isaac, in order to receive the blessings. This evidence is illustrated in the following excerpt of the story, “Go out to the flock and bring me two young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it, then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessings before he dies”. Upon Jacob, inquiring about his consequences, Rebekah guaranteed him, not to worry about the as she is willing to take the curse for him (Genesis27:13). Rebekah actions can be justified because of Esau’s marriage to a Hettite woman, which caused grief to both Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 26:34-35)). Even though the author does not state it explicitly, it can be inferred that Rebekah preferred Jacob to receive the blessing because she is thinking in the long run that if Esau receives the blessings, there will not be enough food for survival, as Esau skills does not allow him to make use of the blessings as he is a hunter and not a farmer. Hence, one can argue that her deception was done with only good intentions for survival reasons and

passed of tremetol (milk sickness). His mother’s death left young Abraham in devastation and he

Malicious, destructive, harlot, corrupt, murderer-all words used to describe Jezebel, Queen of the Israelites. The story of Jezebel, although only told in a few chapters and verses, generated a reputation for her as one of the most vile and hated women in the Bible. It all began with King Ahab marrying her, which instigated the whole kingdom to worship Baal rather than YHWH. Next, Jezebel kills all the prophets of the Lord, and, in retaliation, Elijah kills 850 of the pagan priests. As soon as Jezebel gets word of this, she pledges to put Elijah to death. Her name is next mentioned in the story of Naboth and his vineyard. Ahab wishes to own Naboth’s vineyard, and Naboth refuses to sell it to his king. Therefore, Jezebel takes action and writes letters in Ahab’s name telling the nobles and elders Naboth was to be stoned to death for cursing God. When they reported back that the job was done, Ahab seized the vineyard he desired. In the last story of Jezebel, Jehu is anointed king of Israel by Elijah and kills Jehoram, Jezebel’s only living son. Jehu then sets out for Jezebel to put her to death. She puts on her finest clothing and does her hair and makeup beautifully, as she expected his arrival. Her life and legacy end in a gruesome death-being trampled by horses.

Elkanah had two wives- Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had two children, but Hannah had none. Year after year when Elkanah came to sacrifice, he would give Peninnah and her children meat, but he would give Hannah double portions because he loved her and the Lord had closed her womb. Whenever she went to the house of the Lord her rival provoked until Hannah wept and wouldn't eat, but her husband would say,“Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”When they finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting in the chair of the doorpost of the Lord’s house. She made a vow to the Lord saying,“Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s

While there is no doubt that the actions of Rebekah and Jacob

According to Genesis 12:10-20, Abraham went to live with the Egyptians because of a famine in the land, and he told his wife Sarai (Sarah) to tell the Egyptians that she is his sister so that his life would be spared. Pharaoh ended up taking Abraham’s wife, and the Lord inflicted Pharaoh’s body with diseases, and Pharaoh found out that Sarah was Abraham’s wife, even though Abraham never told him that she was. In Genesis 20:1-18, Abraham

3. Zechariah and Elizabeth was a couple in their old age. They were just ordinary people who lived in the course of Abia, until Gabriel (or an angel of the Lord, mentioned in this section,) had foretold of their son’s birth--John the Baptist (Luke 1:11-17.)

herself with only the wives of her two sons. Naomi decides to return home to Bethlehem

Her parents had been content for a time in having at least one child even if it was a girl but several years later, without the aid of magic, Phedre soon had a sister. Born in the spring with brown hair and hazel eyes, she was named River.

It was high noon on a hot day. Jesus, tired from traveling, chose to rest at Jacob's well near the town of Sychar, while waiting for His disciples to go into town for food. An unnamed Samaritan woman came to draw water at a well. She hated facing others because the Jews despised her people, and she was an outcast looked down upon even by her own people. This woman was ostracized and marked as immoral, an unmarried woman living openly with the sixth in a series of men. She could not have guessed the surprise she was about to encounter that day.

The story begins when Hanna arrives with her husband Elkana to celebrate a holiday in the Tabernacle in Shilo, as was commanded by God. As the bible commands, “three times a year, all your males shall been seen before the Lord God”, and so Elkana took his family to be seen before God on the holiday. Elakana was married to two women, one Hanna and one named Penina and only the latter was able to bear children, ten sons in fact. This caused Hanna tremendous pain, the thought of remaining childless was too much for her to bare, and she used the opportunity of coming to the Tabernacle in Shilo to pour out her heart before the only one.

to persuade Joseph to lie with her. Joseph refused to sin. Jacob of his father

it had to go to her. Bathsheba proves that she is worthy of the farm

of Abraham and Isaac/ He Whose Name Should Not Be Spoken.” They took on his