Story · 22 · The Matriarch
Rebekah's secret oracle
Pregnant with struggling twins, Rebekah seeks an oracle. God tells her the older will serve the younger. She keeps it from Isaac and engineers Jacob's blessing.
The matriarch steers the nation's destiny.
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Isaac prays for Rebekah when she's barren, then fades into the background. Rebekah works behind the scenes to overturn the firstborn's privilege, and readers cheer her on, because the son she fights for is their ancestor.
Bible reference: Genesis 25:23; 27
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 360–361
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