Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. The final verse holds everything: the tent of Sarah, the marriage, the love, the comfort. The tent of Sarah — the covenant matriarch who has been absent since Genesis 23:2 — is the space into which Rebekah is welcomed. The marriage is both the completion of the mission and the beginning of the next covenant generation. The love that Isaac has for Rebekah — the only place in the patriarchal narratives where love precedes the birth of children — is the human flourishing within the covenant. And he was comforted after his mother's death: Rebekah arrives to fill the space left by Sarah, not as a replacement but as a continuation. The application: the covenant marriages God provides comfort the griefs that made them necessary and carry the promise forward into the next generation.

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