Difference between revisions of "Rebecca"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57118" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57118" /> == | ||
<p> (Ῥεβέκκα) </p> <p> Rebecca, the wife of Isaac, received a [[Divine]] oracle before the birth of her twin sons, [[Esau]] and Jacob, foretelling her that she would be the mother of two nations or peoples, of whom the elder would serve the younger ( Romans 9:10-12, from Genesis 25:24-26). St. Paul uses this tradition as illustrating a mysterious principle which he observed in the operation of Divine grace. Even within the family of Abraham, to whom the promises were given, God more than once made choice, rejecting [[Ishmael]] and accepting Isaac, loving Jacob and hating Esau ( Romans 9:7; Romans 9:13). In the | <p> (Ῥεβέκκα) </p> <p> Rebecca, the wife of Isaac, received a [[Divine]] oracle before the birth of her twin sons, [[Esau]] and Jacob, foretelling her that she would be the mother of two nations or peoples, of whom the elder would serve the younger ( Romans 9:10-12, from Genesis 25:24-26). St. Paul uses this tradition as illustrating a mysterious principle which he observed in the operation of Divine grace. Even within the family of Abraham, to whom the promises were given, God more than once made choice, rejecting [[Ishmael]] and accepting Isaac, loving Jacob and hating Esau ( Romans 9:7; Romans 9:13). In the OT those preferences were regarded as purely arbitrary, [[Jahweh]] having the right to do as He pleased with any mother’s sons; but the [[Apostle]] discerns in His sovereign decrees a gracious design which embraces all mankind-‘the purpose of God working by means of election’ (ἡ κατʼ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις). See Jacob and Esau. </p> <p> James Strahan. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74638" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74638" /> == | ||
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37240" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37240" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Rebekah.) | <p> (See [[Rebekah]] .) </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57515" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57515" /> == | ||
<p> ( ῾Ρεβέκκα ), the Graecized form ( Romans 9:10) of the name | <p> ( ῾Ρεβέκκα ), the Graecized form ( Romans 9:10) of the name REBEKAH (q.v.). </p> | ||
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