He had no name in the text. But he prayed before she arrived, and she arrived.
📖Based on Genesis 24:15
He had been given the most important assignment of his life.
Go to Abraham's homeland. Find a wife for Isaac.
Not from the Canaanites around them. From Abraham's own people.
He took ten camels. Ten of Abraham's servants went with him.
He traveled far.
He arrived at a well outside the city in the evening. The time when women came out to draw water.
He stopped there.
He prayed.
He said: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today.
He asked for a sign.
He said: I will ask a girl for a drink. If she says drink, and then offers to water my camels as well — let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac.
By this I shall know that you have shown steadfast love to my master.
Before he had finished speaking.
That phrase. Before he had finished.
Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder.
She was very attractive. A virgin.
She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up.
The servant ran to meet her and asked for a little water.
She said: Drink, my lord. And she quickly lowered her jar for him.
When he had finished drinking she said: I will draw water for your camels also.
She emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw more.
She drew for all ten camels.
The man watched her in silence.
Not sure yet.
Wondering whether the LORD had prospered his journey or not.
He had told God exactly what to do for the sign.
And before he finished telling Him — she was already walking toward him.
The answer was already on its way while the prayer was still in his mouth.
Scripture — Genesis 24:15
"And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder."
Reflection
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The answer came before the prayer finished. The timing was so exact it left no room for coincidence.
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He was unnamed in the account. His faith was not. He prayed with precision and received an answer with equal precision.