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Genesis 24

Run!

142 words · March 28, 2025

There's a lot of running in Genesis 24.

This Hebrew word רוּץ (rootz) means to run. The first two times this word appears in Genesis is when Abraham runs to serve the 3 men who visited him. He runs twice – once to meet them, and once to get a choice calf to cook for them.

In Genesis 24, we have the following:

v17: Eliezer runs to meet Rebekeh
v20: She runs to refill the water jugs
v28: She runs to tell her family
v29: Laben runs to meet Eliezer

Perhaps there's a lesson here.

We spend a lot of time running FROM things that scare us or worry us. We are trying to outrun the things we fear.

But the people of God are given this example: Run to serve. Run to meet. Run to tell everyone the good news.

Run!

Abraham Eliezer Laben Rebekah run serve

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