That Blessed Gain that Cometh

As pointed out last time, Abraham set in motion the movement that resulted in Isaac receiving Rebekah as his wife. Neither Isaac nor Rebekah sought each other. They never corresponded. In those days there was no postal service for exchange of letters by mail, and there were no phone. Isaac most likely knew of the existence of Rebekah through his father for it had been made known to Abraham that his brother Nahor had gotten a son named Bethuel, and that Bethuel begat a daughter named Rebekah...