Rebecca and Mary by Jacob bahjat https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3 Made with whimsy en-us 2017-10-26 23:10:13 UTC 2017-10-30 06:57:07 UTC hello@padlet.com References jacobbahjat7 https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3/wish/201049527 http://www.womeninthebible.net/women-bible-old-new-testaments/rebecca/


]]> 2017-10-26 23:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3/wish/201049527 Our lady of Lourdes jacobbahjat7 https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3/wish/201049548 Bernadette was gathering firewood and then she saw this vision of Mary and then she vision 17 more times and in one of the visions Mary told Bernadette to dig a hole and it would be a healing source for anyone who was not feeling good.
The first time Bernadette saw the vision Mary told Bernadette to pray the rosary and then Bernadette started praying the rosary.

Mary told Bernadette to do some different stuff every time that Bernadette saw a vision of Mary and then the last time that Mary appeared she told Bernadette to dig down and to make a statue of healing.
In Lourdes a lot of people go to that one place where Mary appeared to Bernadette and also people go there to get themselves healed.]]> 2017-10-26 23:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3/wish/201049548 Rebekah jacobbahjat7 https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3/wish/201049555


Rebecca means ‘a heifer, a young cow’, a symbol of fertility
Isaac means ‘may God smile/laugh’, perhaps a reference to his mother Sarah’s laughter when she heard she was to become pregnant in her old age
Jacob means ‘he who grabs for something’ – either his brother’s heel at the moment of birth, or his brother’s inheritance later on
Esau was nicknamed Edom, which meant ‘red, Born with a ruddy complexion, he spent most of his time outdoors, so his face and skin may have been unusually red.


Main themes of the story

  • Women are people too. They can be just as ambitious, loving, deceitful and self-sacrificing as men. Their individual personality shapes them, not their gender.
  • God’s plan for humanity is beyond our understanding.
    The Bible does not flinch from showing the complexity of human nature. Rebecca deceived her aged husband and betrayed her older son. The other members of her family are also less than perfect. Yet God uses them for His purpose.
  • Fulfillment of God’s promise: this story shows the gradual unfolding of God’s plan. Sarah and Abraham will have many descendants and become a great nation.
The story of Rebecca has three episodes:

  1.  the betrothal and marriage of Rebecca (Genesis 24). Rebecca is introduced as a brave and resourceful young woman. She impressed all the people who met her. She was a good match for Isaac, and became his much-loved wife..
  2. the birth and youth of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:19-34). Rebecca gave birth to twin sons, Esau and Jacob. The boys had very different temperame
    Newborn twins, one with more hair than the other – like Esau and Jacob. Photograph by Kyla Baker.nts. The conflict between them became the basis for conflict between later generations and nations.
  3. Rebecca and the blessing of Isaac (Genesis 27). Esau, born first, should have inherited the role of tribal leader, but Rebecca judged that Jacob would be better at this task than his older brother. She and Jacob tricked Isaac, old and blind, into giving the leadership to Jacob. Rebecca wanted the tribal leader chosen for his intelligence rather than his popularity, so that decisions for the tribe would be based on wisdom rather than impulse or emotion.

Her Betrothal and Marriage

Rebekah at the Well, 
painting by Michael Deas 1995

Rebecca was the young woman who became the wife of Isaac, Sarah’s son. She came from a well-to-do family in upper Mesopotamia, now northeastern Syria. She was a relative of Abraham;her family background is given in Genesis 22:20-23.


Rebecca was beautiful, shrewd, energetic, physically robust and strong-willed. We first meet her at the well of Aram-naharaim, where she showed that she was willing to work, and confident enough to speak without fear to the strangers who had been sent by Abraham to find a wife for Isaac.


This moment, with its symbolism of the well and water, has been popular with artists.
See Bible Art: Rebecca for famous paintings of this moment.


‘Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebecca, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder. The girl was very fair to look upon, a young girl, whom no man had known. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.’


Read Genesis 24:1-27.


Rebecca impressed Abraham’s men who had stopped to rest at the well. They offered her valuable gifts, including a gold nose-ring and two gold bracelets, which she accepted.

There are two types of gifts mentioned in this story, both related to marriage customs of the time:
  • the bride price, given by the family of the groom to the bride’s family; in Rebecca’s case, it is gold and silver jewelry and clothing, with additional gifts for members of her family
  • the dowry, which was money, servants/slaves and gifts taken with the bride to her new home; Rebecca took her nurse and maids with her as part of her dowry.

Rebecca led the men to her home, to introduce them to her family. Her brother Laban spoke as head of the house, inviting them to stay in his household. This suggests that their father Bethuel was alive, but for some reason was incapable of acting as head of the household. A proposal of marriage, on behalf of Isaac, was made. It was accepted by Rebecca and by her family.

]]> 2017-10-26 23:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3/wish/201049555 Mary jacobbahjat7 https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3/wish/201607681 2017-10-30 06:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobbahjat7/37zikc9wv1u3/wish/201607681