Abraham says to go to his country and his own relatives to get a wife for his son Isaac. The positive mission is clear: the covenant family, back in the place Abraham came from, is the source for Isaac's wife. Rebekah, whose name appeared in Genesis 22:23, is already waiting in the genealogy. The sending back to the homeland for a wife is the covenant family's way of maintaining continuity with its roots while dwelling in the promised land. The application: knowing where the right provision comes from and going there to find it is wisdom. The servant does not search randomly; he is sent to a specific place.

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