Today i'll be telling you the story of rebecca rebecca wow that's such a beautiful
name i wish my name was rebecca but your name is cute too freckles that it is 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 bethel 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 first
born 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 goatskins 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 memorial 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 yippee 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 and god rewarded her for that
the holy tales so the story of the woman i am going to tell you today is about elizabeth
was the wife of zechariah an old priest who lived in judea in the times of king herod zechariah
and elizabeth both were believers of god and followed all of the lord's commands however
they were very old and had no children
one day when zechariah was in the temple he was visited by angel gabriel the angel appeared to him
on the right side of the altar zechariah was very afraid and shocked at the same time the angel said
do not be afraid zechariah the lord has heard your prayers the lord has blessed your wife elizabeth
and she is soon going to have a son however the lord has commanded you to name him john
he will be the joy of your life everybody else will rejoice his birth for his greatness in the
sight of the lord he will be filled with the holy spirit from before he is even born he is to be the
messenger of god who will prepare the people to receive the son of god the savior of the world
at first zechariah did not believe whatever the angel said his wife and he
were too old to bear children strangely in no time zachariah lost his voice
and he became mute time went by and to their surprise elizabeth soon became a mother
mary elizabeth's cousin who was blessed to give birth to the son of god jesus came to meet mary
when mary came to elizabeth and told her all about god's blessings on her the baby in elizabeth's
womb leptin joy soon elizabeth gave birth to a baby boy and named him john as per god's command
miraculously zechariah found his voice back too it was zechariah's and elizabeth's son john who
grew up to be john the baptist and the prophet who foretold the people the coming of god's son jesus
so elizabeth the mother of john the baptist is the greatest example of patience and faith
in the lord waiting on the lord often brings us unexpected blessings at the most unexpected time
that was such a wonderful story holy
thank you for telling us all about elizabeth the mother of john the baptist
my pleasure gumbo now may i ask today's question yes yes today it's my turn to win brownie points
so today's question is what was the name of the angel who visited zechariah in the temple
angel gabriel that is right
next time you can have the brownie pints gumbo
no i don't want brownie points anymore now i want brownies
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plants and trees on the fourth day god created the sun to shine in the day the moon and stars
to come out at night one day moses went to mount horeb with his sheep there god appeared to him
as a flame of fire in a bush since there was no room anywhere else they decided to spend the night
in a stable here mary had her baby jesus she wrapped him in a blanket and put him to sleep
in his house