Concerning the first lesson that we heard today, I think a more appropriate passage from Genesis to pair with today’s gospel lesson would be the story of Abraham sending his senior servant to his own family that he left behind, at the Lord’s call, to bring a relative to marry his son Isaac. Abram tells his servant, “The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.”[1] The servant leaves Canaan for the homeland, Haran.
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