All right then let us begin listening to the story of rebecca
the woman who relied on her own strength instead of trusting the lord completely
rebecca was the young wife of isaac and the mother of jacob and esau she was the daughter of bethu
when isaac was a young boy his father abraham was looking for a bride for isaac so
abraham sent one of his servants to the city of nahar to find a suitable bride for isaac
the servant looked everywhere in the city but did not find one he was tired and exhausted so he sat
near the well to rest while he rested he prayed to god that the next young woman who came to the well
and gave him water to drink will be the girl chosen as isaac's bride as he prayed rebecca came
to the well to get some water with a jar on her shoulder she saw the servant tired and exhausted
so she offered him and his camel some water to drink and some food to eat immediately
the servant knew that rebecca was the girl who god had sent to be isaac's wife the servant brought
rebecca to abraham and soon isaac and rebecca got married years went by but rebecca and isaac
had no children isaac prayed to god day in and day out without losing hope
soon god heard his prayers and blessed rebecca with twins jacob and esau jacob and esau were
the first twins mentioned in the bible even before they were born rebecca could feel the both of them
fighting inside her womb she prayed to god asking him the reason for the two brothers
fighting all the time to this god said rebecca you are going to give birth to two nations
they are both inside you right now and that's why they are at odds with one another one shall be
stronger than the other the older will serve the younger soon it was time for rebecca to give birth
esau was born first who grew up to become isaac's favorite son while jacob was rebecca's
in those days the practice was that the firstborn was always entitled to receive birthright
and since esau was born first he would have inherited the birthright this saddened rebecca
she loved jacob and wanted him to have it it was jacob who tricked his own brother
into selling him his birthright for a bowl of stew later when isaac grew old and he was
on his deathbed and could not see rebecca helped jacob to deceive isaac into blessing
him instead of esau she used goat skins on jacob's hands to imitate esau's hairy arms
years later a lot of things happened and esau was finally able to forgive jacob
when rebecca died she was buried in the family tomb a cave near mamor in canaan which was also
the resting place of abraham sarah and isaac later jacob was also buried in the same tomb
that was an amazing story holy thank you for telling us all about rebecca i'm glad you enjoyed
it tubby the holy tales today i'm going to tell you the story of hagar yippie it's story time
hagar was a young egyptian woman who worked as a servant for abraham and his wife sarah she lived
in their house and did all the chores that she was asked to do and more for a long long time
sarah couldn't have any children so sarah asked for hagar's help and as
per the practices of those days the child which hagar had would be credited to sarah
as the child's mother even though it was sarah who herself had asked for hagar's help sarah
grew jealous of her and upset when hagar had a son angry she threw hagar and her son out of her house
hagar and her son had no place to go she went across mountains walked through forests and
finally reached a desert she was thirsty and exhausted and so was the baby she sat down
on the ground and cried suddenly in the middle of the desert an angel appeared to her the angel said
my child the lord has promised a blessing on your son however you must name him ishmael which means
god hears hagar was shocked she finally composed herself and said the lord is the only one who sees
me fourteen long years passed ishmael had grown up to be a young boy hagar decided to visit abraham
and sarah when she went to visit them she saw abraham and sarah and given birth to their own son
once again sarah was very angry with hagar she shouted at her and said
we all know why you have come back here with your son you are here to take a part of whatever
abraham has as your son's rightful inheritance that is never going to happen leave right now
and take your son with you leave once again hagar and ishmael fled to the desert
before they had left abraham had given them a bottle of water and some food for their journey
but soon that bottle was over they were almost dying when god sent his angel
to her the angel appeared to her in the desert once again and said do not be afraid
god shall protect you and your son he has heard your crying don't you remember god's blessing
saying this the angel disappeared and to hagar and ishmael's surprise spring water appeared in
front of them in the middle of the vast desert hagar and ishmael drank water from the spring
and they survived ishmael grew up and raised a whole nation he had many descendants
who were divided into 12 tribes just as god had promised so children that was the story of hagar
another remarkable woman of the bible who was known for her faith in god that was
such a nice story holy hagar was such a strong woman yes no matter how difficult life became
she never lost faith in god the holy tales i was thinking of telling you the story of queen esther
we all remember queen esther don't we yes yes i remember her so do i um
yes i think i do a little too all right let us all get together and hear the story of queen esther
who was a remarkable woman and a great example of faith and courage wow girl power yay
esther was a beautiful young woman and was raised by a man called mordecai who
had taken her as his own daughter after both her parents had died
esther was chosen to be the queen of king serpsis she was extremely beautiful and a very elegant
woman she was taken to the king's court and the king immediately fell in love with her
however the king was unaware of the fact that esther was actually a jewish woman
mordechai had asked her to keep her family background and nationality a secret from the king
esther did as she was told all of the jews who lived in israel were all driven out of
their country almost 70 years earlier and all of them were exiled in persia esther's stepfather
mordecai was a man of great dignity and he refused to bow down to haman who was a very high official
and an advisor to the king haman was a very arrogant man he could not take mordechai's
disrespect towards him and so he plotted against him to get him removed from the court however
esther soon found out about haman's plan she got to know that heyman was planning to kill mordecai
and she needed to do something about it but she feared going up to the king in his courtroom
because in those days whoever entered the king's throne room without permission was put to death
so estha thought about another plan to confront the king she prayed and fasted for three long days
and finally arranged for a banquet for the king and haman alone king xerxes and haman
came for the elaborate banquet and the king was extremely pleased with her arrangements
queen esther then gathered the courage and confessed all about her ancestry to her husband
and told him all about her being a jew king zerpses loved his queen very much
he believed queen esther and was persuaded by her love for him he decided not to punish her
then esther said if i have been able to please the king and if he regards me with favor
then let him write an order ruling the death penalty of haman who is planning to destroy
the jews in the king's province king xerxes agreed to his wife and immediately ordered
that haman must be hanged in the same gallows which he had prepared for mordecai
wow that was such a clever move by queen esper to save her father and her people yes she was indeed
a smart and wise woman but most importantly it was her faith in god which brought this wisdom
upon her now who wants to answer today's question and win some brownie points me me
all right so today's question is what was the name of the man who raised queen esther
after her parents died mordecai excellent gumbo you win a brownie point
these kids are super excited with the new story hope you enjoyed it too we'll be back soon
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