“And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.”
The young woman ran and told her mother's household about these things. Again the running — Rebekah does not walk. Her urgency throughout the chapter reflects an energy and decisiveness that will define her character. The report to the mother's household is interesting — the mother's household, not the father's. The domestic sphere of the household is the mother's domain in this narrative. Genesis 24:55 will show the mother and brothers negotiating Rebekah's departure. The application: Rebekah's immediate communication of what she has experienced is the instinct of a person who does not hold significant news privately but brings it to the community.
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