Rebekah: Women of Genesis
“Finally, by nightfall, she realized that having lashed out at everyone, if things were to be set to rights she would have to begin. She began at the beginning. With Father. Yes, he had lied to her. But that did not erase the love he had surrounded her with, the trust he had shown her. It did not change the fact that he had also needed her, when she and Laban reopened the door of language to him. One lie did not undo a lifetime of love. One lie, told over and over again, did not become a thous...and lies. It remained the one, looming ever larger until it threatened to crush them all, but still only one, undone in a single moment of truth. She clapped outside his tent, in case someone was with him who might hear. And, yes, the flap was opened by Akyas. Mother. “Oh, Rebekah, thank you for coming. He can’t sleep. You have no idea how unhappy he is.” “I know how unhappy I am.” “You were right, Rebekah. To set up a grand moment of unveiling—it was wrong. But Ezbaal and I were afraid that if we told anyone in advance, Bethuel would send me away.MoreLess
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